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Tegan Nia Swanson on How to Tell a True Survivor Story

Tegan Nia Swanson on How to Tell a True Survivor Story

"Storytelling allows us to trace rivers of influence and generational patterns back and forth from their source."

By Tegan Nia Swanson | February 1, 2023

Antiquarian Bookseller Tom Ayling on Unearthing the Private Lives of Historic Writers

Antiquarian Bookseller Tom Ayling on Unearthing the Private Lives of Historic Writers

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | February 1, 2023

Antoine Wilson Reads from <em>Mouth to Mouth</em>

Antoine Wilson Reads from Mouth to Mouth

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | February 1, 2023

Kelly Link in Praise of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Genuine Magic

Kelly Link in Praise of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Genuine Magic

“It is striking how resonant Le Guin’s work remains even as the future she describes recedes into our past.”

By Kelly Link | January 31, 2023

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on What Makes a “Classic” African American Text

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on What Makes a “Classic” African American Text

“They reveal the human universal through the African American particular: All true art, all classics, do this.”

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | January 31, 2023

Dawn Raffel on Constructing Cities, Real and Imagined

Dawn Raffel on Constructing Cities, Real and Imagined

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Boundless as the Sky

By Jane Ciabattari | January 31, 2023

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Dean Koontz on How to Sell 500 Million Books and Why ChatGPT Will Never Replicate the "Soul" of the Human Author

By Keen On | January 31, 2023

10 new books to cherish this week.

By Katie Yee | January 31, 2023

Revisiting Svetlana Alexievich’s The Unwomanly Face of War During Russia’s War on Ukraine

By Lit Century | January 31, 2023

Beyond Beaches and Cocktails: A Reading List of the Caribbean

Beyond Beaches and Cocktails: A Reading List of the Caribbean

Eleanor Shearer Recommends Marlon James, Monique Roffey, and More

By Eleanor Shearer | January 31, 2023

AudioFile’s Best </br>Audiobooks of January

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The Month in Literary Listening

By Book Marks | January 31, 2023

“I Wanted to Write the Book I Would Hand to My 18-Year-Old Self.” Kevin Maloney on Sex as a Spiritual Quest

“I Wanted to Write the Book I Would Hand to My 18-Year-Old Self.” Kevin Maloney on Sex as a Spiritual Quest

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | January 31, 2023

25 Historical Crime, Mystery, and Horror Novels to Look Forward To In 2023

25 Historical Crime, Mystery, and Horror Novels to Look Forward To In 2023

Sorry Gen X: The 90s Are Now Fair Game for Historical Fiction

By Molly Odintz | January 30, 2023

Peter Ho Davies on the Art of Revision

Peter Ho Davies on the Art of Revision

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | January 30, 2023

Reading <em>Tristram Shandy</em> in an Age of Distraction

Reading Tristram Shandy in an Age of Distraction

Sarah Moorhouse on Laurence Sterne’s Novel of Rabbit Holes and Procrastination

By Sarah Moorhouse | January 30, 2023

10 Essential Questions About <em>Moby-Dick</em>

10 Essential Questions About Moby-Dick

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | January 30, 2023

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