• Craft and Criticism

    Language

    Alexander Maksik on Writing About Post-Recession New York

    By Dwyer Murphy  May 20, 2022
    New Books Network

    Khan Wong on Hula Hooping, Asexuality, and Creating the Universe of His Debut Novel

    By New Books Network  May 20, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Annie Harnett on What Living in a Cemetery Meant to Her Novel

    By The Maris Review  May 19, 2022
    Keen On

    Phil Klay on Rebuilding the American Citizen in an Age of Endless, Invisible War

    By Keen On  May 19, 2022
    On Translation

    Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

    By Jhumpa Lahiri  May 19, 2022
    Open Form

    Is Pearl Harbor a Film of Propaganda?

    By Open Form  May 19, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Steve Paul and Henry Schvey on How Evan S. Connell and Tennessee Williams Never Really Left Missouri

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 19, 2022
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 19, 2022
    Just the Right Book

    Why a Life Well Lived Is a Good Death

    By Just the Right Book   May 19, 2022
    Memoir

    Looking to Songs and Sermons to Structure a Memoir About Fighting for Black Lives

    By Andre Henry  May 19, 2022
    Book Dreams

    A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice

    By Book Dreams  May 19, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Gregory D. Smithers on Amplifying the History and Voices of Indigenous Resistance

    By The Virtual Book Channel  May 19, 2022
    Ukraine

    The Spirit of Ukrainian Resistance: Five Poems by Marjana Savka

    By Literary Hub  May 18, 2022
    TV

    Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey on Finding Creative Freedom in The Office

    By Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey  May 18, 2022
    Beyond the Page

    When Artists and Athletes Age, What Happens to Their Work?

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  May 18, 2022
    Artists

    How Greenwich Village Bohemians Found Their Way to Provincetown

    By John Taylor Williams  May 18, 2022
    Literary History

    Looking at Willa Cather’s Lesbian Partnership and Domestic World

    By Melissa Homestead  May 18, 2022
    Otherppl

    Mary Laura Philpott on Why Structure Is Always Story

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 18, 2022
    Thresholds

    Stephanie Foo on the Transformative Power of Google Doc Therapy

    By Thresholds   May 18, 2022
    Keen On

    The Surrealism of Life as Secretary of Defense in the Trump Regime

    By Keen On  May 18, 2022
    The Writing Life

    What Do Writing a Novel and Tending a Garden Have in Common?

    By Naheed Phiroze Patel  May 18, 2022
    Creativity

    You Can’t Have Creativity Without Boredom

    By Aaron Angello  May 18, 2022
    NewberyTart

    Virginia Hamilton and the History of Ghosts in Black Literature

    By NewberyTart   May 18, 2022
    Narrative

    Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

    By Aminatta Forna  May 17, 2022
    new books tuesday

    19 new books to savor this week.

    By Katie Yee  May 17, 2022
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