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Jonathan Lee on Hooking a Reader with the First Line

Jonathan Lee on Hooking a Reader with the First Line

“No one wants to feel the writer trying too hard.”

By Jonathan Lee | May 20, 2022

A Conversation About Music, Memory, and the Topographies of Writing

A Conversation About Music, Memory, and the Topographies of Writing

Mesha Maren in Conversation with Fernando Flores

By Literary Hub | May 20, 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 Jhumpa Lahiri, Emma Straub, Benjamin Myers, Maggie Shipstead, and more

By Book Marks | May 20, 2022

Octavia Butler’s <em> Xenogenesis</em> and the Erotics of Power

Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis and the Erotics of Power

This Week on the Queers at the End of the World Podcast

By Queers at the End of the World | May 20, 2022

Brian Alan Ellis on Making “Garden Variety Pain” Readable and Unique

Brian Alan Ellis on Making “Garden Variety Pain” Readable and Unique

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | May 20, 2022

Alexander Maksik on Writing About Post-Recession New York

Alexander Maksik on Writing About Post-Recession New York

Dwyer Murphy Talks to the Author of The Long Corner

By Dwyer Murphy | May 20, 2022

Best Reviewed
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  • The Six Loves of James I

Khan Wong on Hula Hooping, Asexuality, and Creating the Universe of His Debut Novel

By New Books Network | May 20, 2022

Annie Harnett on What Living in a Cemetery Meant to Her Novel

By The Maris Review | May 19, 2022

Phil Klay on Rebuilding the American Citizen in an Age of Endless, Invisible War

By Keen On | May 19, 2022

Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

On the Translatability and “Secret Essence” of Calvino’s Language

By Jhumpa Lahiri | May 19, 2022

Is <em>Pearl Harbor</em> a Film of Propaganda?

Is Pearl Harbor a Film of Propaganda?

Joseph Han in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | May 19, 2022

Steve Paul and Henry Schvey on How Evan S. Connell and Tennessee Williams Never Really Left Missouri

Steve Paul and Henry Schvey on How Evan S. Connell and Tennessee Williams Never Really Left Missouri

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 19, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The plot twist, when it arrives, is not in itself ridiculous but the execution is.”

By Book Marks | May 19, 2022

Why a Life Well Lived Is a Good Death

Why a Life Well Lived Is a Good Death

Dr. Sunita Puri in Conversation with Roxanne Coady on the Just the Right Book Podcast

By Just the Right Book | May 19, 2022

Looking to Songs and Sermons to Structure a Memoir About Fighting for Black Lives

Looking to Songs and Sermons to Structure a Memoir About Fighting for Black Lives

Andre Henry on Pulling from the Genres that Shaped His Life

By Andre Henry | May 19, 2022

A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice

A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice

Ellen McGarrahan Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | May 19, 2022

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