From <em>Little Miss Sunshine</em> to <em>Nanny</em>: How Genre is Transforming Our Idea of the “Sundance Film”

From Little Miss Sunshine to Nanny: How Genre is Transforming Our Idea of the “Sundance Film”

Reuben Baron Considers a Trend in This Year's Festival Standouts

By Reuben Baron | February 7, 2022

Tara Westover on Rachel Cusk, Jennifer Egan, and <em>Madame Bovary</em>

Tara Westover on Rachel Cusk, Jennifer Egan, and Madame Bovary

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of Educated

By Book Marks | February 7, 2022

Lauren Groff on Yūko Tsushima’s Quietly Defiant Sensualities

Lauren Groff on Yūko Tsushima’s Quietly Defiant Sensualities

On Woman Running in the Mountains

By Lauren Groff | February 7, 2022

Liu Xinwu and the “Scar Literature” of China

Liu Xinwu and the “Scar Literature” of China

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | February 7, 2022

Warren Ellis on Mementos of the Music World

Warren Ellis on Mementos of the Music World

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | February 7, 2022

Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Censorship and Translated Literature in China

Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Censorship and Translated Literature in China

This Week on Underreported with Nicholas Lemann
from Columbia Global Reports

By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann | February 7, 2022

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Christopher Leonard on How Quantitative Easing is Imperiling the US Economy

By Keen On | February 7, 2022

“Secrets Really Power a Book.” A Conversation with Steven Schwartz

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 7, 2022

Is Wonder Boys the Best-Ever Onscreen Depiction of a Writer?

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EXCLUSIVE: Watch Joshua Bennett Discuss A.R. Ammons’s poem “Cascadilla Falls”

EXCLUSIVE: Watch Joshua Bennett Discuss A.R. Ammons’s poem “Cascadilla Falls”

From Season Three of Poetry in America

By The Virtual Book Channel | February 4, 2022

On Taking Writing Lessons from Quantum Physics

On Taking Writing Lessons from Quantum Physics

Hisham Bustani on a Single Story's Many Possible Worlds

By Hisham Bustani | February 4, 2022

The Lion Speaks: On the Potency of the Epistolary Form

The Lion Speaks: On the Potency of the Epistolary Form

Daniel Black Considers Letters and Linguistic Freedom

By Daniel Black | February 4, 2022

Michael L. Walker on the Emotional and Physical Experience of Doing Time in Jail

Michael L. Walker on the Emotional and Physical Experience of Doing Time in Jail

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 4, 2022

Interview with an Indie Press: Beacon Press

Interview with an Indie Press: Beacon Press

On Creating a “Mission-Driven Press”

By Corinne Segal | February 4, 2022

Amor Towles on Bringing a Historical Setting to Life

Amor Towles on Bringing a Historical Setting to Life

"History is the painted backdrop."

By Amor Towles | February 4, 2022

“When You Feel Things, You Have to Talk About Them.” Emmelie Prophète on Writing About Family

“When You Feel Things, You Have to Talk About Them.” Emmelie Prophète on Writing About Family

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 4, 2022

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