• Craft and Criticism

    Reading Women

    Leigh Bardugo on World-Building and the Limitations (and Gifts) of Maps

    By Reading Women  December 2, 2020
    WMFA

    Simon Han on What the Suburbs Can Tell Us About the American Way of Life

    By WMFA   December 2, 2020
    The Writing Life

    How to Let Go of a Book You’ve Been Writing for Twenty Years

    By Aaron Gilbreath  December 1, 2020
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    On Colonial Nostalgia and Food in Fantasy Writing

    By Lizzy Saxe  December 1, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Douglas Stuart at the Hay Festival Winter Weekend

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 1, 2020
    Lit Century

    On Desire (and its Absence) in the Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy

    By Lit Century   December 1, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Casey Gerald on the Possibilities of Transgenerational Joy

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 1, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   December 1, 2020
    Biography

    The Biography I’ll Never Truly Finish Writing

    By Fortunato Salazar  November 30, 2020
    Letters

    Who Exactly Was Rilke’s Young Poet Correspondent?

    By Damion Searls  November 30, 2020
    The History of Literature

    On J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of the Modern
    Fantasy Novel

    By History of Literature  November 30, 2020
    First Draft

    Charles Baxter on Creating Wonderland Fiction with the Help of (Fictional) Drugs

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 30, 2020
    The Literary Life

    Deesha Philyaw on Writing About Dissatisfied Women

    By The Literary Life  November 30, 2020
    The Maris Review

    Emily Temple on the Unfocused Desires of Teenagedom

    By The Maris Review  November 27, 2020
    Otherppl

    Darien Gee on Imposter Syndrome, Food Blogging, and Starting an MFA at 50

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  November 27, 2020
    New Books Network

    Love and Persecution During Napoleon’s Invasion of Ancona

    By New Books Network  November 27, 2020
    The Hub

    Lyonel Trouillot writes books in his head.

    By Literary Hub  November 25, 2020
    The Literary Salon

    Douglas Stuart Reads From His Booker Prize Winner,
    Shuggie Bain

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  November 25, 2020
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books, November Edition

    By Book Marks  November 25, 2020
    Work

    Do Global Financial Crises Inevitably Reinforce Capitalism?

    By David Graeber and Maja Kantar  November 25, 2020
    Trans Poetics

    What is the Project of
    Trans Poetics Now?

    By Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel  November 25, 2020
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, November Edition

    By Book Marks  November 25, 2020
    Reading Women

    Announcing Reading Women’s 2020 Fiction Award Shortlist

    By Reading Women  November 25, 2020
    So Many Damn Books

    So Many Damn Books Has Some Ideas for Your Holiday Wishlist

    By So Many Damn Books  November 25, 2020
    The Hub

    Zahia Rahmani on what it meant to write “Muslim”: A Novel.

    By Literary Hub  November 24, 2020
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