Porochista Khakpour on the Unrelatable Brilliance of Alison Rose's <em>Better Than Sane</em>

Porochista Khakpour on the Unrelatable Brilliance of Alison Rose's Better Than Sane

"She isn’t interested in your ability to feel for her much less comprehend her."

By Porochista Khakpour | September 7, 2023

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

Emma Staffaroni on the End of a (Problematic) Fairy Tale

By Emma Staffaroni | September 7, 2023

Brendan Shay Basham on the Similarities Between the Chef Life and the Writing Life

Brendan Shay Basham on the Similarities Between the Chef Life and the Writing Life

"Processes are a series of moments in passing."

By Brendan Shay Basham | September 7, 2023

Acting Out a Life: How to Write Novels About Real People

Acting Out a Life: How to Write Novels About Real People

Gill Paul on the Craft of Historical Fiction and the Limits of Biography

By Gill Paul | September 7, 2023

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 7, 2023

Myriam Gurba on Writing the Visceral

Myriam Gurba on Writing the Visceral

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 7, 2023

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Toward Black Wonder: How Nicole Sealey Makes Erasure a New Way of Seeing

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“Code words to say what can’t be said”: James Hannaham Talks to a Writer in Solitary Confinement

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Kwaneta Harris and James Hannaham on Queerness and the Silencing of the Incarcerated

By Moira Marquis | September 5, 2023

Elaine Equi on Poetry as a Spiritual Practice and a Universal Language

Elaine Equi on Poetry as a Spiritual Practice and a Universal Language

"In poems, we converse and commune with the zeitgeist or spirit of the age."

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Is <em>The Lord of the Rings</em> a Work of Modernism?

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Nick Groom Considers Tolkien as Metafiction

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