• Craft and Criticism

    Keen On

    What William Blake Might Tell Us About Our Transhuman Future

    By Keen On  May 4, 2022
    Queer Literature

    Why Queer Stories Deserve Happy Endings

    By Susie Dumond  May 4, 2022
    Otherppl

    “We’re the Fools in Charge of Forgiveness.” Steve Almond on the Task of the Social Novelist

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 4, 2022
    Mythology

    Why We Turn to Myths to Untangle Old Problems

    By Jennifer Saint   May 4, 2022
    Queer Identity

    The Story That Saved Me: On Writing My Way Out of a Life That No Longer Felt Like Mine

    By Lauren McBrayer  May 4, 2022
    Keen On

    How to Nurture the Philosopher in All Our Kids

    By Keen On  May 4, 2022
    Keen On

    Why Quitting Good Ideas Is Often a Winning Strategy

    By Keen On  May 4, 2022
    The Hub

    15 great paperback books coming out this May.

    By Katie Yee  May 3, 2022
    What to Watch

    A Shakespearean Study Guide for The Northman

    By The Why Shakespeare? Course   May 3, 2022
    On Writing

    Following the Workings of My Mind: Gerald Murnane Rereads His First Novel

    By Gerald Murnane  May 3, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Hernan Diaz: “I Wouldn’t Be the Person I am Without Borges.”

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 3, 2022
    Book Design

    On the Groundbreaking Art of Bascove’s Book Covers

    By Rebecca Rego Barry  May 3, 2022
    Writing

    Lessons Learned from a Year Listening to the Fictional Octopus in My Head

    By Shelby Van Pelt  May 3, 2022
    The Cosmic Library

    Struggling with Disaster—and Language—in the Hebrew Bible

    By The Cosmic Library   May 3, 2022
    On Writing

    How the Small Moments That Haunt Us Can Form the Seeds of a Novel

    By Steve Almond  May 3, 2022
    new books tuesday

    25 new books to pick up this week.

    By Katie Yee  May 3, 2022
    Storybound

    Phil Klay Reads His Essay “The Citizen-Soldier: Moral Risk and the Modern Military”

    By Storybound   May 3, 2022
    Keen On

    How Hawks Teach Us a Different Way to Love

    By Keen On  May 3, 2022
    Keen On

    How “My Old Kentucky Home” Is a Sonic Monument to a Segregated America

    By Keen On  May 3, 2022
    What to Watch

    The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in May

    By Eliza Smith  May 2, 2022
    Book Design

    Jeff VanderMeer Talks to the Designers About His Book Covers

    By Jeff VanderMeer  May 2, 2022
    Russian Literature

    Searching for a Lost History in Modern-Day Russia

    By Marcia DeSanctis  May 2, 2022
    Chilean Literature

    Alejandro Zambra on Juan Emar, Whose Avant-Garde Writings Deserve Our Attention

    By Alejandro Zambra  May 2, 2022
    Interview with an Indie Pres

    Interview with an Indie Press: Grid Books

    By Literary Hub  May 2, 2022
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Book Marks  May 2, 2022
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