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Paula Hawkins on Creating a Strong Story Structure

Paula Hawkins on Creating a Strong Story Structure

“Give yourself space for surprises.”

By Paula Hawkins | July 21, 2023

The Unique Challenges of Translating <em>The Brothers Karamazov</em> Into English

The Unique Challenges of Translating The Brothers Karamazov Into English

Michael R. Katz on Creating the First New Translation of Dostoevsky’s Novel in Two Decades

By Michael R. Katz | July 21, 2023

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 Colson Whitehead, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Samuel G. Freedman, and More

By Book Marks | July 21, 2023

Time Travel Stories That Explore What It Means To Be Human

Time Travel Stories That Explore What It Means To Be Human

Holly Smale Recommends Kate Atkinson, Octavia Butler, and More

By Holly Smale | July 21, 2023

Five Books That Show What Life Is Really Like In the Middle East

Five Books That Show What Life Is Really Like In the Middle East

Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor Recommend Hisham Matar, Naguib Mahfouz, and More

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Time Out of Mind: On the Ahistorical Cinematic Adaptation

Time Out of Mind: On the Ahistorical Cinematic Adaptation

A 1973 Bruno Schulz Adaptation Goes (Temporally) Beyond Its Source Material—and It’s Not Alone

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Michael Connelly on His Path to the Top of the Crime Fiction World

By Authors in the Tent | July 20, 2023

Mikki Kendall Remembers the Indelible Work and Full Complexity of bell hooks

By Mikki Kendall | July 20, 2023

Sarah Rose Etter on Tech Companies, NDAs, and the Precarity of a Job

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Why America’s Blood-Sucking Lords of Silicon Valley Want to Live Forever

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You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

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What We’re Reading at <em>Just the Right Book</em> This Week

What We’re Reading at Just the Right Book This Week

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Nishanth Injam on Leaving India, the Misery of Tech Work and the Subversive Nature of Memories

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Colson Whitehead on Blaxploitation Cinema, Sidney Lumet’s New York, and His Own Harlem Trilogy

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Essie Fox Reads From <em>The Fascination</em>

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