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What's Unreal is Real: Alicia Elliott on the Tired Trope of Madness in Fiction

What's Unreal is Real: Alicia Elliott on the Tired Trope of Madness in Fiction

"There is a cheapness to this sort of revelation."

By Alicia Elliott | September 18, 2023

Poet and Translator Dong Li on the

Poet and Translator Dong Li on the "Common Tongue of Poetry"

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of The Orange Tree

By Peter Mishler | September 18, 2023

The Many Lessons from James Baldwin's <em>Another Country</em>

The Many Lessons from James Baldwin's Another Country

Carole Burns Rediscovers a Masterclass in Craft

By Carole Burns | September 18, 2023

The Marvelous Real: Leonardo Padura on Alejo Carpentier's <em>The Lost Steps</em>

The Marvelous Real: Leonardo Padura on Alejo Carpentier's The Lost Steps

"Art entails a kind of knowledge that is undoubtedly transcendent in character. And yet art must be, is, something more."

By Leonardo Padura | September 18, 2023

James Shapiro on Shakespeare and America

James Shapiro on Shakespeare and America

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 18, 2023

James McBride on Going on Faith

James McBride on Going on Faith

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 18, 2023

Best Reviewed
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Ghassan Zeineddine on What Short Stories Do That Novels Can’t

By Memoir Nation | September 18, 2023

Kathleen Rooney on Writing Architecturally

By Kathleen Rooney | September 15, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | September 15, 2023

Committing to the High Romance of <em>The Notebook</em>

Committing to the High Romance of The Notebook

Annie Berke on Pre-Ken Ryan Gosling and the Campless Excess of the 2004 Adaptation

By Annie Berke | September 15, 2023

A Lot of Pain and A Lot of Humor: Ottessa Moshfegh on Dinah Brooke's <em>Lord Jim at Home</em>

A Lot of Pain and A Lot of Humor: Ottessa Moshfegh on Dinah Brooke's Lord Jim at Home

"I didn’t care, and I didn’t worry, but I was suspended, consistently and dramatically, in the mirage of the novel."

By Ottessa Moshfegh | September 14, 2023

What Writing Under the Constant Threat of Deluge Taught Me about the Creative Process

What Writing Under the Constant Threat of Deluge Taught Me about the Creative Process

Carol Dunbar on the Risk and Romance of Working in a Water Tower

By Carol Dunbar | September 14, 2023

Andy Borowitz and A. J. Jacobs on Living in the Age of Ignorance

Andy Borowitz and A. J. Jacobs on Living in the Age of Ignorance

The Authors of Profiles in Ignorance and The Year of Living Biblically in Conversation

By Literary Hub | September 14, 2023

John Manuel Arias on Living With and Writing Ghosts

John Manuel Arias on Living With and Writing Ghosts

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 14, 2023

Leila Aboulela on the Coups in Africa

Leila Aboulela on the Coups in Africa

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 14, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"There’s a whiff of desperate masculinity floating through the book, as rank as a Pretoria boys’ locker room"

By Book Marks | September 14, 2023

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