• Craft and Criticism

    Otherppl

    Mark Leidner on Painstakingly Revising Poems… and Twitter Jokes

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  July 6, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Claudia Laitano on the Life and Legacy of Machado de Assis

    By History of Literature  July 6, 2021
    Keen On

    Elisa Gabbert on Living in a Era of Eternal Apocalypse

    By Keen On  July 2, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Talking to Quentin Tarantino, Debut Novelist

    By The Literary Life  July 2, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  July 2, 2021
    Craft

    “Where You From?“ The Problem With Shortcuts in Writing Place in Fiction

    By Brett Biebel  July 2, 2021
    Reading

    On the Pain of Reading Contemporary Writing When You Are a Contemporary Writer

    By Will Self  July 2, 2021
    News and Culture

    Anna Solomon on Overcoming Her Inner Editor While Writing

    By Anna Solomon  July 2, 2021
    New Books Network

    Original Sin and Roman Cults: Ava Reid on the Divine Inspirations of Her New Novel

    By New Books Network  July 2, 2021
    Rock'n'roll

    How Kurt Cobain’s Favorite Novel Made Its Way Onto Nirvana’s Final Album

    By Nathan Dunne  July 1, 2021
    Mythology

    Mythologies and Re-Rememberings: On the Synchronous Moments of Writing a Novel

    By Molly Aitken  July 1, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Rivka Galchen: Humor is a Costume That Can Sneak Past the Psyche

    By The Maris Review  July 1, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Victoria James on How to Make the Wine Industry a Better Place

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 1, 2021
    Biography

    Extractor of Secrets, Discloser of Secrets: On the Complex Role of the Biographer

    By Debra Dean  July 1, 2021
    Black Women's Writing

    The Inner Lives of Black Women: On Novels That Break the Chains of Trauma

    By Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler  July 1, 2021
    Book Origins

    When a Florida Man Researches His Home State for a Book (Police Not Involved!)

    By John Brandon  July 1, 2021
    Book Dreams

    Do Books Have to Be Depressing to Be Taken Seriously?

    By Book Dreams  July 1, 2021
    The Hub

    “Good criticism has integrity.” Jessica Hopper on how to be a critic (and who’s doing it right).

    By Vanessa Willoughby  June 30, 2021
    The Hub

    What Lord of the Flies got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 30, 2021
    Westerns

    Writing the “Eastern Western.” On the Massive Resurgence of Asian American Westerns 

    By Lavinia Liang  June 30, 2021
    Cults

    Kazuo Ishiguro’s Daytime Horror: On Cults, White Supremacy, and Pagan Aesthetics

    By Mieko Anders  June 30, 2021
    Book Tours

    The Impossible Question at the Heart of Every Book Tour

    By Jason Mott  June 30, 2021
    Women Writers

    How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

    By Margot Livesy  June 30, 2021
    Poetry

    When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

    By Lytle Shaw  June 30, 2021
    Reading Women

    Daisy Hernández: How Writing the Coming-of-Age Memoir Makes Room for Other Stories

    By Reading Women  June 30, 2021
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