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A Brief History of Shipwrecks in Literature

A Brief History of Shipwrecks in Literature

Alan G. Jamieson on Why Lost Ships Are So Compelling to Writers

By Alan G. Jamieson | November 11, 2022

Christopher Isherwood on What Writers Can Learn from Theater

Christopher Isherwood on What Writers Can Learn from Theater

“The effects are created by means of claustrophobia:
you can’t get out.”

By Christopher Isherwood | November 11, 2022

Alexander Chee on the Perpetual Importance of the Essay

Alexander Chee on the Perpetual Importance of the Essay

The Editor of Best American Essays Talks to Steve Wieberg Ahead of the Writers for Readers Festival

By Steve Wieberg | November 11, 2022

How to Celebrate 100 Years of Kurt Vonnegut

How to Celebrate 100 Years of Kurt Vonnegut

Happy Birthday to a Literary Legend

By Literary Hub | November 11, 2022

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 Kevin Wilson, Lynn Steger Strong, Hugh Bonneville, and More

By Book Marks | November 11, 2022

Full Disclosure: Meghan J. Ward on Marriage, Motherhood, and Weighing the Truth in Memoir

Full Disclosure: Meghan J. Ward on Marriage, Motherhood, and Weighing the Truth in Memoir

“How do I honor, or even reclaim, my voice in this story without compromising my relationship with my loved ones?”

By Meghan J. Ward | November 11, 2022

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The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Army

By Keen On | November 11, 2022

How Putin Thinks Like a Warmongering 19th-Century Imperialist and Why Ukraine Will Be His Last Colonial War

By Keen On | November 11, 2022

How to Become a Zen Millionaire: The Japanese Art of Making Peace With Your Money

By Keen On | November 11, 2022

Nancy Pelosi’s Majority: Matthew Clark Davison’s San Francisco Take on a National Leader

Nancy Pelosi’s Majority: Matthew Clark Davison’s San Francisco Take on a National Leader

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 10, 2022

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Sleepy Commutes and Short Attention Spans

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Sleepy Commutes and Short Attention Spans

Book Recommendations for the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | November 10, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Richard Brody on Quentin Tarantino, Sloane Crosley on Kevin Wilson, Molly Young on Katherine Dunn, and More

By Book Marks | November 10, 2022

Writing Grief in Fiction is a Work of Love

Writing Grief in Fiction is a Work of Love

Onyi Nwabineli on Giving Sorrow the Space to Grow and Expand

By Onyi Nwabineli | November 10, 2022

Stuck on Your Novel? Try Baking a Pie!

Stuck on Your Novel? Try Baking a Pie!

Amy Wallen on the Joy of Completing Something Creative

By Amy Wallen | November 10, 2022

Funny, Fearless, and Unafraid to Fail: Finding Creative Inspiration in Comedy Podcasts

Funny, Fearless, and Unafraid to Fail: Finding Creative Inspiration in Comedy Podcasts

Rebecca Ackermann on Learning to Write to a Soundtrack of Riffing Comedians

By Rebecca Ackermann | November 10, 2022

WATCH: How People Are Failed by the Health Institutions Meant to Protect Them

WATCH: How People Are Failed by the Health Institutions Meant to Protect Them

Emma Bolden and Angela Chen in Conversation at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | November 10, 2022

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