• Craft and Criticism

    Neuroscience

    On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

    By Louise Fein  October 18, 2021
    First Draft

    Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 18, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On the Compulsion and Seduction of Mystery Tales

    By History of Literature  October 18, 2021
    Theater

    Oedipus at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

    By Bryan Doerries  October 18, 2021
    What to Read Next

    Betsy Bonner on Wuthering Heights, Bluets, and Mary Gaitskill’s Sex Scenes

    By Book Marks  October 18, 2021
    The Hub

    Read Ezra Pound’s extensive revisions to T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  October 15, 2021
    Open Source

    Jonathan Franzen on Reckoning with the Limits and Purposes of Writing Novels

    By Open Source  October 15, 2021
    Birds

    A Compendium of Literary Ravens

    By Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts  October 15, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Marguerite Duras on Finding Stories Everywhere

    By Marguerite Duras  October 15, 2021
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    5 Books You May Have Missed in September

    By Bethanne Patrick  October 15, 2021
    TV

    “A Glorious Mess.” On Confronting the Complexities of Storytelling with Anthony Bourdain

    By Tom Vitale  October 15, 2021
    Capitalism

    Finding Freedom from the Chokehold of Modern Capitalism in Nomadland

    By Sara Zarr  October 15, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    Alfred Molina on His Genre- and Character-Spanning Career

    By Behind the Mic   October 15, 2021
    Writers in Conversation

    Mondiant Dogon on Writing as an Important and Difficult Healing Process

    By Jenna Krajeski  October 15, 2021
    Monarchy

    On Troublesome Women in the House of Windsor and the Allure of Royal Outsiders

    By Wendy Holden  October 15, 2021
    Keen On

    Dorottya Rédai on the Importance of LGBTQ Fairy Tales

    By Keen On  October 15, 2021
    The Writer's Life

    “You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

    By Carole Angier  October 14, 2021
    Mystery and Suspense

    Steph Cha on Choosing the Best of Mystery and Suspense During an Unprecedented and Harrowing Year

    By Steph Cha  October 14, 2021
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week: More Rooney, Disappointing Powers,
    and a Little Franzen

    By Book Marks  October 14, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi and Eileen Myles on Writing Against Linearity

    By The Virtual Book Channel  October 14, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Susan Orlean: “In the End, What Matters is Noticing.”

    By The Maris Review  October 14, 2021
    Self-Care

    On Escaping the Madness of the World at Large and Finding Joy in Literature

    By Todd Doughty  October 14, 2021
    Keen On

    Robbie Bach on the Concept of “Venture Terrorism”

    By Keen On  October 14, 2021
    Women Writers

    Fiction As Resistance: Catherine Lacey on Joy Sorman’s Life Sciences

    By Catherine Lacey  October 13, 2021
    Identity

    Tracing the Filipino Diaspora in the Arc of the Global Age: A Reading List

    By Albert Samaha  October 13, 2021
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