All Writing is Failure: Stephen Marche on Enduring the Life of a Writer

All Writing is Failure: Stephen Marche on Enduring the Life of a Writer

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By Keen On | February 14, 2023

“Do I Want to Spend the Next Seven Years Thinking About One White Dude?” Jac Jemc on Writing About Iconic Royal Cousins

“Do I Want to Spend the Next Seven Years Thinking About One White Dude?” Jac Jemc on Writing About Iconic Royal Cousins

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

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Mai Nardone’s Unvarnished Fictional Truths About Life in Contemporary Thailand

Mai Nardone’s Unvarnished Fictional Truths About Life in Contemporary Thailand

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 14, 2023

BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

Leigh Stein Wonders Why More Book People Don’t Embrace the Publishing Juggernaut

By Leigh Stein | February 13, 2023

Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

In Which Barthelme’s Story, “The Balloon,” Gets a Very Close Reading

By Ann Beattie | February 13, 2023

Five Surreal Works of Fiction You Probably Haven’t Read... and <em>Slaughterhouse-Five</em>

Five Surreal Works of Fiction You Probably Haven’t Read... and Slaughterhouse-Five

Isabel Waidner Recommends Megan Milks, Jess Arndt, Kurt Vonnegut, and More

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Why Harlem? Considering the Site of “Civil Rights by Copyright,” 100 Years Later

By Bo McMillan | February 13, 2023

Dr. Tara A. Bynum Considers Four Canonical Black Writers from the 18th and Early 19th Centuries

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Kathryn Ma on Portraying Asian-Americans Positively and the “Messiness That is Life in Any Community”

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In <em>Knock at the Cabin</em>, M. Night Shyamalan’s Twist is the Lack of a Twist

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Jonathan Russell Clark on the Adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s Novel

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Helen Sword on the Physicality of Language

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“Because I can no longer ignore my body while I’m writing, I have learned to trust its wisdom.”

By Helen Sword | February 10, 2023

The Strangest Things Are the Truest: Laline Paull on Channeling a Dolphin’s Narrative Voice

The Strangest Things Are the Truest: Laline Paull on Channeling a Dolphin’s Narrative Voice

“We hope and we fear that animals are more like us than we imagine.”

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The Annotated Nightstand: What José Olivarez is Reading Now and Next

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How Does It Feel Different to Develop a Voice For a Story Versus a Novel?

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Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on Capturing What it Means to Live in Contemporary Nigeria

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on Capturing What it Means to Live in Contemporary Nigeria

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | February 9, 2023

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