21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023

21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023

Featuring Writing by Ann Leckie, Kelly Link, Victor LaValle, Arkady Martine, and Many More

By Natalie Zutter | January 4, 2023

Elon Musk misunderstands fictional dystopias (and his role in our real dystopia).

Elon Musk misunderstands fictional dystopias (and his role in our real dystopia).

By Jonny Diamond | January 4, 2023

On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

Yardenne Greenspan Considers What It Means to Truly Inhabit an Author’s Work

By Yardenne Greenspan | January 4, 2023

Bill McKibben on the Joys of Writing a Serialized Novel

Bill McKibben on the Joys of Writing a Serialized Novel

Why Weekly Installments Can Make For the Best Kind of Storytelling

By Bill McKibben | January 4, 2023

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

"It’s possible that carrying around cracks in the first foundation... helps a person accept a cosmos flawed at its core."

By Ken Babstock | January 4, 2023

Why I Had to Get Older to Write About Youth

Why I Had to Get Older to Write About Youth

Allegra Goodman on Finding the Necessary Distance to Write up Close

By Allegra Goodman | January 4, 2023

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On Transforming Oral History Into Historical Fiction

By Aanchal Malhotra | January 4, 2023

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

By V.V. Ganeshananthan | January 4, 2023

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

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“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 4, 2023

The Tech Community Needs To Be Humble to Survive What Will Be a Challenging 2023

The Tech Community Needs To Be Humble to Survive What Will Be a Challenging 2023

Brad Feld in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 4, 2023

Remembering a London of 1946 in which Fearsome Female Gangsters Ran the Show

Remembering a London of 1946 in which Fearsome Female Gangsters Ran the Show

Beezy Marsh in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 4, 2023

The Ponzi Boys: What Makes Bernie Madoff and Sam Bankman-Fried the Same Type of Monstrous Human-Being?

The Ponzi Boys: What Makes Bernie Madoff and Sam Bankman-Fried the Same Type of Monstrous Human-Being?

Jim Campbell in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 4, 2023

12 new books to kick off your 2023 reading.

12 new books to kick off your 2023 reading.

By Katie Yee | January 3, 2023

How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

Tracey Rose Peyton on Making Peace With Her Father

By Tracey Rose Peyton | January 3, 2023

Thank You for Being a Friend: Lessons in Writing and Life from <em>The Golden Girls</em>

Thank You for Being a Friend: Lessons in Writing and Life from The Golden Girls

Parini Shroff on Writing Against Tropes and Celebrating Platonic Love Stories

By Parini Shroff | January 3, 2023

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