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"A Race Problem." Jolene Hubbs on Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 20, 2023

Writers Don’t Need to Suffer To Make Art

Writers Don’t Need to Suffer To Make Art

Haley Jakobson: “Being a tormented artist is v. cringe.”

By Haley Jakobson | June 20, 2023

23 new books to check out today!

23 new books to check out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 20, 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 Richard Ford, Sarah Viren, Tania James, and More

By Book Marks | June 16, 2023

Happy Bloomsday! Turn off your wifi and read some Joyce.

Happy Bloomsday! Turn off your wifi and read some Joyce.

By Jonny Diamond | June 16, 2023

Grace E. Lavery: You Already Write <em>How</em> You Write, Just Give In.

Grace E. Lavery: You Already Write How You Write, Just Give In.

“The freedoms on the other side of self-surrender are much more interesting than those that require egoistic management.”

By Grace Lavery | June 16, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Helen Ellis on Writing About People You Know (in a Nice Way).

By Helen Ellis | June 16, 2023

The Story of American Ice Begins with an Outrageous Marketing Plan

By Jeff VanderMeer | June 16, 2023

A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

By Sayantani DasGupta | June 16, 2023

Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

"However painful it is to hear such stories, it is much more difficult for the wounded to share them."

By Mirinae Lee | June 16, 2023

An Interdisciplinary Friendship: Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim in Conversation

An Interdisciplinary Friendship: Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim in Conversation

A Writer and a Painter Discuss the Distractions of Residencies and the Mortality of Memories

By Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim | June 16, 2023

Get a call or a critique from a high-powered agent AND do good in the world.

Get a call or a critique from a high-powered agent AND do good in the world.

By Jonny Diamond | June 15, 2023

The World Is Too Much With Us: Ann Beattie Close-Reads Frederick Barthelme’s “Box Step”

The World Is Too Much With Us: Ann Beattie Close-Reads Frederick Barthelme’s “Box Step”

On Undermining the “Status Quo of the Literary Weird.”

By Ann Beattie | June 15, 2023

How Writing About Climate Change Can Become a Form of Escapism

How Writing About Climate Change Can Become a Form of Escapism

Deborah Willis on the Existential Contradictions of Writing While Our Planet Is Imperiled

By Deborah Willis | June 15, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"An almost violent kind of achievement: a writer knifing forward, slicing open a new terrain"

By Book Marks | June 15, 2023

From Servant to Sidekick: The “Black Friend,” Then and Now

From Servant to Sidekick: The “Black Friend,” Then and Now

Aisha Harris Reflects on Racial Representation in Popular Culture

By Aisha Harris | June 15, 2023

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