“Bedtrick is a Lie About Sex.” Jinny Webber on the Layered Meaning Behind the Title of Her Novel

“Bedtrick is a Lie About Sex.” Jinny Webber on the Layered Meaning Behind the Title of Her Novel

In Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | January 21, 2022

Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

And How “Public Indifference” Reinforces the Status Quo

By Zora Neale Hurston | January 20, 2022

Feeling Seen in <em>Sort Of</em>: On Queer Feelings and the Company of Others

Feeling Seen in Sort Of: On Queer Feelings and the Company of Others

Aanchal Saraf on the Power of Art By and About Trans People of Color

By Aanchal Saraf | January 20, 2022

Teaching Literature Means Teaching Empathy

Teaching Literature Means Teaching Empathy

Arnold Weinstein on Literature’s “Ethical and Spiritual Transformation”

By Arnold Weinstein | January 20, 2022

Uli Beutter Cohen on Exploring the Literary Landscape of New York City’s Underground

Uli Beutter Cohen on Exploring the Literary Landscape of New York City’s Underground

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | January 20, 2022

Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 20, 2022

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The Rest Principle: On the Necessity of Recovery, in Fitness and Writing

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Jami Attenberg on the Book that Realigned Her Brain

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My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

Susan DeFreitas on the Lessons of Le Guin During a Pandemic

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The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s <em>Carol</em>

The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s Carol

A Classic Review of Highsmith’s Groundbreaking Lesbian Romance Originally Published as The Price of Salt in 1952

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Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

“Baldwin loved her caustic wit.”

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20 Famous Writers on Being Rejected

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"The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so."

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My Little Drug Story: David Sanchez on (Begrudgingly) Turning to Autofiction

My Little Drug Story: David Sanchez on (Begrudgingly) Turning to Autofiction

On Addiction Tropes, “Grittiness,” and the Freedom to Focus on Ideas

By David Sanchez | January 19, 2022

Excavating Emily: Janice P. Nimura on What Draws Biographers to Certain Lives

Excavating Emily: Janice P. Nimura on What Draws Biographers to Certain Lives

And Why Some Mysteries Have to Stay That Way

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