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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

What 300 Hours of Interviewing Musicians Taught Chris Payne

What 300 Hours of Interviewing Musicians Taught Chris Payne

The Author of Reflects on the Oral History of Emo Music

By Chris Payne | June 15, 2023

After Prince Charming: Why We Need Stories That Center Female Friendships

After Prince Charming: Why We Need Stories That Center Female Friendships

Salma El-Wardany on Fairytales, Enduring Platonic Relationships, and Happy Endings that Don’t Involve Men

By Salma El-Wardany | June 15, 2023

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A Short Childhood and a Long Depression with Luiz Schwarcz

By Just the Right Book | June 15, 2023

Lights, Camera, White House: Matt Quirk on the Enduring Power of the West Wing in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Film

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 15, 2023

Mattie Lubchansky on Libertarianism and the Humongous Asterisk of Vegas

By The Maris Review | June 15, 2023

Ani Kayode Reads from <em>And Then He Sang a Lullaby</em>

Ani Kayode Reads from And Then He Sang a Lullaby

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | June 15, 2023

On the Joy of Literary Acceptance (and the Freedom of Rejection)

On the Joy of Literary Acceptance (and the Freedom of Rejection)

Amy Grace Loyd Takes Stock of All the Yes’s and No’s

By Amy Grace Loyd | June 14, 2023

The Study of Reality: On Trauma, Quantum Mechanics, and Writing Science Fiction

The Study of Reality: On Trauma, Quantum Mechanics, and Writing Science Fiction

Alaya Dawn Johnson Considers the Persistence of Real Life

By Alaya Dawn Johnson | June 14, 2023

Why Are We So Drawn to Rule-Breaking Characters in Fiction?

Why Are We So Drawn to Rule-Breaking Characters in Fiction?

Tania James Recommends Rivka Galchen, Clare Beams, Rita Chang-Eppig, and More

By Tania James | June 14, 2023

Cormac McCarthy has died at age 89.

Cormac McCarthy has died at age 89.

By Jonny Diamond | June 13, 2023

Dominique Morisseau on Pearl Cleage’s <em>What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day</em>

Dominique Morisseau on Pearl Cleage’s What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 13, 2023

It’s Not Personal: Sarah Viren on Essayistic Visions of the Self

It’s Not Personal: Sarah Viren on Essayistic Visions of the Self

“As we work to fashion a fully rendered version of ourselves, however, we are also arguably creating that self.”

By Sarah Viren | June 13, 2023

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