Magic to Serve, Not Solve, a Story: KJ Dell'Antonia on Magical Rules in Literature

Magic to Serve, Not Solve, a Story: KJ Dell'Antonia on Magical Rules in Literature

On Vampires, Witches, and the (Literary) Craft of the (Magickal) Craft

By KJ Dell'Antonia | October 25, 2023

Enough “How-To” Books: It’s Time For More “How-Come”

Enough “How-To” Books: It’s Time For More “How-Come”

Jessica Elefante on Books for Understanding Contemporary Life

By Jessica Elefante | October 25, 2023

Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of The Strange God Who Makes Us

By Peter Mishler | October 25, 2023

Nonfiction That Rivals <em>Little Women</em>: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

Liz Rosenberg on the Literary Marvels of Alcott's Memoirs

By Liz Rosenberg | October 24, 2023

Instead of Writing, Margaret Renkl Forages for Fungi

Instead of Writing, Margaret Renkl Forages for Fungi

“Always I find more answers in a forest than I find in my own hot attic of a mind.”

By Margaret Renkl | October 24, 2023

Marie Ndiaye on a Novel's Many Twists and Turns

Marie Ndiaye on a Novel's Many Twists and Turns

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Vengeance Is Mine

By Jane Ciabattari | October 24, 2023

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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on a Lifetime of Art and Activism

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Masha Gessen and Nathan Thrall on The Whole Story of Israel and Palestine

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Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial

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"I’m ignorant and confused, even more so than Kafka’s man from the country"

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