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Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

"A cliché is a cliché because it’s worthwhile. Otherwise, it would have been discarded."

By Toni Morrison | January 13, 2023

An Extraordinary Partnership: <em>Turn Every Page</em> Illustrates the Rare Ideal of Artistic Collaboration

An Extraordinary Partnership: Turn Every Page Illustrates the Rare Ideal of Artistic Collaboration

Michelle Nijhuis Considers the New Documentary About Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

By Michelle Nijhuis | January 13, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Laura Zigman, Janet Malcolm, Leigh Bardugo, Paul Auster, and More

By Book Marks | January 13, 2023

Author Brad Meltzer in Conversation with Golden Voice Narrator Scott Brick

Author Brad Meltzer in Conversation with Golden Voice Narrator Scott Brick

On Their Longtime Collaboration and The Nazi Conspiracy

By Behind the Mic | January 13, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Of New Titles by George Saunders, Prince Harry, Pico Iyer, and More

By Book Marks | January 12, 2023

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Feeling Stuck and Facing the Sacrifices We Make for Family

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Feeling Stuck and Facing the Sacrifices We Make for Family

Book Recommendations for the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | January 12, 2023

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Singer-Songwriter Margo Price on Finding Truth and Joy in Writing a Memoir

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Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2023

By Literary Hub | January 12, 2023

Vintage Contemporaries: Dan Kois on the Joys and Sorrows of Literary New York in the 1990s and 2000s

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 12, 2023

WATCH: Will Alexander Reads from His New Poetry Collection, <em>Divine Blue Light</em>

WATCH: Will Alexander Reads from His New Poetry Collection, Divine Blue Light

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | January 12, 2023

That Which Calls Us: On Writing About God's Word

That Which Calls Us: On Writing About God's Word

Z.L. Nickels Considers the Work of Eliot Weinberger, Claire Luchette, Lauren Groff, and Kirstin Valdez Quade

By Z.L. Nickels | January 12, 2023

Margaret K. Nelson: How Do Family Secrets Impact Us?

Margaret K. Nelson: How Do Family Secrets Impact Us?

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | January 12, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What An Yu is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What An Yu is Reading Now and Next

Julie Otsuka, Rachel Yoder, Elizabeth McCracken and More

By Diana Arterian | January 12, 2023

Why Dan Kois Created a Laurie Colwin-Esque Character in His New Novel

Why Dan Kois Created a Laurie Colwin-Esque Character in His New Novel

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 12, 2023

Russell Banks on the Time He Fled Bread Loaf with Nelson Algren

Russell Banks on the Time He Fled Bread Loaf with Nelson Algren

Algren Got Fired, Banks Made a Friend

By Adam Colman | January 11, 2023

Kashana Cauley: “I Tell Jokes About Things That I Am Angry About.”

Kashana Cauley: “I Tell Jokes About Things That I Am Angry About.”

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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