Why Turgenev Remains One of the Most Important Russian Writers (And Why You Should Read the Constance Garnett Translation)

Why Turgenev Remains One of the Most Important Russian Writers (And Why You Should Read the Constance Garnett Translation)

Josh Billings on the Pocket Universes of a True Literary Master

By Josh Billings | December 19, 2022

The Ultimate Best Books of 2022 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2022 List

Reading All the Lists So You Don't Have to Since 2017

By Emily Temple | December 19, 2022

The 10 Best Book Reviews </br>of 2022

The 10 Best Book Reviews
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Merve Emre on Gerald Murnane, Casey Cep on Harry Crews, Maggie Doherty on Cormac McCarthy, and More

By Adam Morgan | December 19, 2022

88 Writers on the Books They Loved in 2022

88 Writers on the Books They Loved in 2022

The Year in Reading From Contributors to Freeman’s

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Reclaiming <em>The L Word</em>’s Jenny Schecter as a Writerly Anti-Hero

Reclaiming The L Word’s Jenny Schecter as a Writerly Anti-Hero

Amy Zimmerman Thinks We Ought to Take the Much-Maligned Character More Seriously

By Amy Zimmerman | December 19, 2022

Peter Orner and Emma Cline Discuss Endings, Memory, and Writing Against Classification

Peter Orner and Emma Cline Discuss Endings, Memory, and Writing Against Classification

“A last line isn’t the last line, it’s just the last one we say out loud.”

By Emma Cline | December 19, 2022

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Namwali Serpell on the “Uncanny Rhythm” of Poetry and Grief

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Dave Chesson on Having Fun with Book Marketing

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The 13 Best Literary Adaptations of 2022

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The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2022

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Featuring Bob Dylan, Elena Ferrante, Zora Neale Hurston, Jhumpa Lahiri, Melissa Febos, and More

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Rabih Alameddine Recommends the Best (Short) Books He Read in 2022

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The Best Reviewed Poetry Collections of 2022

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What Makes Writing Valuable?

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Jess Walter on the Highsmithian Principles of Suspense

Jess Walter on the Highsmithian Principles of Suspense

On Drama, Suspense, Violence, Psychology, and a Dose of Soul

By Jess Walter | December 16, 2022

Silencing the Technology Beast: Priyanka Kumar on Sinking Into Time While Writing

Silencing the Technology Beast: Priyanka Kumar on Sinking Into Time While Writing

“Sometimes I think about the fortunate writers who didn’t have to contend with our amplified level of distractions.”

By Priyanka Kumar | December 16, 2022

50 Gift Books for Everyone on Your List

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You Get a Book! You Get a Book! Everybody Gets a Book!!

By Katie Yee | December 15, 2022

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