• Craft and Criticism

    new books tuesday

    17 new books to read outside in the sunshine.

    By Katie Yee  March 23, 2021
    Lit Century

    Why People Are Still Mad About Thomas Nagel’s 1974 Essay, “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”

    By Lit Century   March 23, 2021
    On Writing

    Learning to Go With the Flow, in Rafting and in Writing

    By Andrew J. Graff  March 23, 2021
    NBCC Awards

    This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Broken Heart Of America by Walter Johnson

    By Stephanie Burt  March 23, 2021
    The Hub

    Read Douglas Adams’s advice to writers who hate writing.

    By Emily Temple  March 22, 2021
    Tourism

    How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

    By Marco d'Eramo  March 22, 2021
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    Trilogies, Thrillers, and Sci-Fi: 5 Books You May Have
    Missed in February

    By Bethanne Patrick  March 22, 2021
    Representation

    On Writing Flawed, Inconsistent, Forgivable, Inspiring, and Damaged Afghan Characters

    By Nadia Hashimi  March 22, 2021
    Black Women's Writing

    On Fighting For Space in the Literary World as a Black Canadian Writer

    By Cheryl Thompson  March 22, 2021
    Book Origins

    On Navigating a Polyglot’s Life Between Bangla and English

    By Saikat Majumdar  March 22, 2021
    Memory

    Our Memories, Ourselves: On Getting an Unexpected Note from a Childhood Bully

    By Sofia Lundberg  March 22, 2021
    First Draft

    Priyanka Champaneri on Setting as the Genesis of Her Novel

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 22, 2021
    NBCC Awards

    This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: This Is Major by Shayla Lawson

    By Megan Labrise  March 22, 2021
    Food History

    Sara Franklin on the Powerful Unsung Legacy of Edna Lewis, A Great Southern Chef

    By Diep Tran  March 19, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Live Readings by Kaveh Akbar, Danielle Evans, Melissa Febos, and More

    By The Virtual Book Channel  March 19, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press:
    The New Press

    By Corinne Segal  March 19, 2021
    The Writing Life

    On the Pact That Helped Me Finally Finish My Book… After Four Decades

    By Margaret Hermes  March 19, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Jen Spyra on Balancing the Zany with the Emotional

    By The Literary Life  March 19, 2021
    Audiobooks

    The YA Audie Awards Judges Chat with AudioFile Magazine

    By AudioFile Magazine  March 19, 2021
    Keen On

    Harriet A. Washington on the Narrative Around Vaccine Hesitancy in the African American Community

    By Keen On  March 19, 2021
    NBCC Awards

    This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Equivalents by Maggie Doherty

    By Tara Wanda Merrigan  March 19, 2021
    New Books Network

    Lauren Willig on Recounting the Everyday Heroism of WWI War Relief

    By New Books Network  March 19, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are a few of John Updike’s kindest, most cutting literary pans.

    By Walker Caplan  March 18, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Elon Green on Centering Victims Rather than Killers

    By The Maris Review  March 18, 2021
    The Writing Life

    Sixty Years of Tracking Publications… and Rejections

    By Jay Neugeboren  March 18, 2021
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