• Craft and Criticism

    Folklore

    The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

    By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi  September 9, 2020
    Damian Barr's Literary Salon

    Heidi James Reads from
    The Sound Mirror

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  September 9, 2020
    On Grief

    Matthew Salesses: Holding it Together, Falling Apart

    By Matthew Salesses  September 8, 2020
    Climate Change

    Writing in the Edgelands: A Conversation Between Kerri Arsenault and
    Elizabeth Rush

    By Kerri Arsenault  September 8, 2020
    5 Questions

    Sue Miller Loves Jane Eyre For All the Wrong Reasons

    By Literary Hub  September 8, 2020
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  September 8, 2020
    First Draft

    Margot Livesey on Choosing the Right Idea for a New Book

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 8, 2020
    The History of Literature

    Why It’s Worth Reading T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (Even When It’s a Slog)

    By History of Literature  September 8, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi, read by Yetide Badaki and Chukwudi Iwuji

    By Behind the Mic   September 8, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, Read by Robin Miles

    By Behind the Mic   September 7, 2020
    Poets in Conversation

    The Case Against Nostalgia:
    A Conversation with Henri Cole

    By David Roderick  September 4, 2020
    How to Proceed

    Terrance Hayes Considers
    Trump vs. Poetry

    By How to Proceed   September 4, 2020
    In Memoriam

    William Gay Was Never Too Busy for Life’s Smaller Moments

    By Sonny Brewer  September 4, 2020
    NewberyTart

    On the Children’s Book So Bad, So Inauthentic… It Was Good?

    By NewberyTart   September 4, 2020
    Bookable

    Gary Shteyngart and Paul LaFarge: There’s a Tornado Coming… Let’s Talk Craft

    By Bookable   September 4, 2020
    Voting

    What Are We Going to Do About Voter Suppression?

    By Literary Hub  September 3, 2020
    On Race

    Joshua Bennett on the Fullness of Black Life in a Time of Siege

    By Jesse McCarthy  September 3, 2020
    Great Authors

    “Will I Come to a Miserable End?” Jenny Erpenbeck on Thomas Mann

    By Jenny Erpenbeck  September 3, 2020
    The Maris Review

    Natasha Trethewey on Surviving the White Mind of the South

    By The Maris Review  September 3, 2020
    So Many Damn Books

    Megha Majumdar on Why Any of Us Write

    By So Many Damn Books  September 3, 2020
    On Translation

    On Rendering My Own Novel Into Spanish

    By Carolina De Robertis  September 3, 2020
    Reading Lists

    A University Press Looks Back on a Century of Publishing

    By Literary Hub  September 3, 2020
    On Translation

    Inside the Intricate Translation Process for a Murakami Novel

    By David Karashima  September 2, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Valerie June Needs Her Songs—and Her Life—to Have Soul

    By Literary Hub  September 2, 2020
    Bad Reviews of Good Books

    The 45 Best Bad Amazon Reviews of In Cold Blood

    By Emily Temple  September 2, 2020
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