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Raising the Dead from Paper: Katharine Quarmby on Fiction's Friendly Ghosts

Raising the Dead from Paper: Katharine Quarmby on Fiction's Friendly Ghosts

"Remembering is both an act of restitution and of defiance."

By Katharine Quarmby | October 16, 2023

Celia Brayfield on How Anna Sewell Changed Animal Rights

Celia Brayfield on How Anna Sewell Changed Animal Rights

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 16, 2023

Rainbow Rowell on the Love of Fan Fiction

Rainbow Rowell on the Love of Fan Fiction

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | October 16, 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 Bryan Washington, Madonna, Jhumpa Lahiri, Werner Herzog, and More

By Book Marks | October 13, 2023

Dorothea Lasky on the Power of Horror

Dorothea Lasky on the Power of Horror

The Poet Considers Kubrick's The Shining and Sylvia Plath's “Tulips”

By Dorothea Lasky | October 13, 2023

Living the Questions: Lisa C. Krueger on the Shared Foundations of Therapy and Poetry

Living the Questions: Lisa C. Krueger on the Shared Foundations of Therapy and Poetry

"Therapy, like poetry, requires us to embrace mystery."

By Lisa C. Krueger | October 13, 2023

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Nicola Griffith on Writing Immersive Historical Fiction

By Nicola Griffith | October 13, 2023

In Praise of Pulp Fiction

By Isa Arsén | October 12, 2023

Inspired By the Genius Loci: On Unlocking the Spirit of Settings

By Martin Goodman | October 12, 2023

Safiya Sinclair on Growing Up Rastafari

Safiya Sinclair on Growing Up Rastafari

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 12, 2023

Rebecca Makkai on Progress, Misogyny, and #MeToo

Rebecca Makkai on Progress, Misogyny, and #MeToo

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 12, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"The book is a naked attempt by a twilight superstar to shore up his legacy"

By Book Marks | October 12, 2023

The Pleasures of a Pessimistic Literary Escape: Jessie Gaynor on Edith Wharton’s <em>The Glimpses of the Moon</em>

The Pleasures of a Pessimistic Literary Escape: Jessie Gaynor on Edith Wharton’s The Glimpses of the Moon

"Even when writing an escapist romance, Wharton is inescapably herself"

By Jessie Gaynor | October 11, 2023

How to Write a Memoir When You're Sick With Cancer

How to Write a Memoir When You're Sick With Cancer

Dan O'Brien on Cancer and Honesty

By Dan O'Brien | October 11, 2023

Insomnia, Imposter Syndrome, and All the Ways I Learned to Write My Book

Insomnia, Imposter Syndrome, and All the Ways I Learned to Write My Book

"In order to tell the truth out loud, on the page, I needed to learn to be compassionate with myself"

By Rebecca Clarren | October 11, 2023

Adam Thirlwell on Witold Gombrowicz's <em> The Possessed</em>

Adam Thirlwell on Witold Gombrowicz's The Possessed

Revisiting a Polish Modernist Classic

By Adam Thirlwell | October 11, 2023

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