• Craft and Criticism

    Queer Lit

    Notes on Queerness and Camp in Crime Fiction

    By Tice Cin  October 25, 2021
    Wrestling

    Battle Royale: 6 Books That Take on the Rich World of Wrestling

    By Gene Kwak  October 25, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Elaine Feeney Recommends John McGahern, Ralph Ellison, and Black Beauty

    By Book Marks  October 25, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Samantha Silva on Writing a Novel About Mary Wollstonecraft

    By History of Literature  October 25, 2021
    Otherppl

    Kate Durbin on Researching “Mush Mountains” and Barbies for Her Latest Poetry Collection

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  October 25, 2021
    News and Culture

    Watching a Magazine, Reading a Movie: On Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch

    By Olivia Rutigliano  October 22, 2021
    Audiobooks

    5 Audiobooks to Catch Up on the 2021 Pulitzer Winners and Finalists

    By James Tate Hill  October 22, 2021
    Book Marks

    Strout, Solnit, Porter: Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  October 22, 2021
    Craft

    Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

    By Mary Gaitskill  October 22, 2021
    Punk

    Finding My Voice Through the Rage of Punk Music

    By Amy Lee Lillard  October 22, 2021
    Keen On

    Sebastian Junger on Freedom vs. Community

    By Keen On  October 22, 2021
    Book Dreams

    David Shariatmadari on What Etymology Can Teach Us About Culture (and Happiness)

    By Book Dreams  October 22, 2021
    Pastoralism

    On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

    By Oscar Oswald  October 22, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Craig Davidson on the Secrets Best Left Out of Memoir

    By Craig Davidson  October 22, 2021
    Keen On

    Josh Cohen on Letting the Literary Be a Guide to Life

    By Keen On  October 22, 2021
    The Common

    Nariman Youssef on Migration, Translation, and the Complexities of the “Mother Tongue”

    By The Common  October 22, 2021
    Reading Lists

    On the Very Human Importance of Walking: A Reading List

    By Katherine May  October 22, 2021
    New Books Network

    Jennifer Estep on Her Favorite Character of All Time to Write

    By New Books Network  October 22, 2021
    Poets

    Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

    By Sara B. Franklin  October 21, 2021
    Classic Novels

    The Perpetual Timeliness of Tess of the D’Urbervilles

    By Janet Beard  October 21, 2021
    Nature

    The Resilience of Nature Gives Jane Goodall Hope

    By Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams  October 21, 2021
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Julia Elliott and DaMaris B. Hill on Writing Rural America

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 21, 2021
    Craft

    TaraShea Nesbit on Reckoning With Ghosts, and Returning to the Same Story, Again and Again

    By TaraShea Nesbit  October 21, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

    By The Maris Review  October 21, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 21, 2021
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