"Anybody's life could be a wonderful piece of art." Read Maxine Hong Kingston's best writing advice.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 27, 2021

On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

Ọlájídé Salawu Examines the Colonial Grounding of the Country's Literary Industry

By Ọlájídé Salawu | October 27, 2021

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Featuring W.G. Sebald, Billy Porter, Oscar Wilde, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2021

How McSweeney’s and Radiotopia Created an Audiovisual Magazine Issue

How McSweeney’s and Radiotopia Created an Audiovisual Magazine Issue

A Conversation with Claire Boyle and Julie Shapiro

By Corinne Segal | October 27, 2021

William Souder on the Life and Work of John Steinbeck

William Souder on the Life and Work of John Steinbeck

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 27, 2021

Veera Hiranandani on Writing Fiction as a Way of Understanding the Partition

Veera Hiranandani on Writing Fiction as a Way of Understanding the Partition

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | October 27, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up in the Socialist Workers Party

By Thresholds | October 27, 2021

Rax King on Giovanni’s Room, A Little Life, and Susan Choi's Sex Scenes

By Book Marks | October 27, 2021

On Writing a Book For Dog People

By Nathaniel Ian Miller | October 27, 2021

Frances Badalamenti on the Fleeting, Painful Freedom of Youth and Writing as Self-Care

Frances Badalamenti on the Fleeting, Painful Freedom of Youth and Writing as Self-Care

Chloe Caldwell Talks to the Salad Days Author

By Chloé Caldwell | October 27, 2021

Jen Campbell on Disability, Productivity, and Perspective

Jen Campbell on Disability, Productivity, and Perspective

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | October 27, 2021

“The Strangest Sense of Freedom.” On Jane Eyre and the Power of Narcissism

“The Strangest Sense of Freedom.” On Jane Eyre and the Power of Narcissism

Josh Cohen Turns His Psychoanalyst’s Eye to the Inner Life of an Iconic Character

By Josh Cohen | October 26, 2021

Teju Cole on the Wonder of Epiphanic Writing

Teju Cole on the Wonder of Epiphanic Writing

Or: How Authors “Evoke the Overspilling World”

By Teju Cole | October 26, 2021

Revisiting Patricia Highsmith’s <em>Strangers on a Train</em>

Revisiting Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train

Lit Century on the 20th Century’s Interest in “Allowable” Murder

By Lit Century | October 26, 2021

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Featuring a History of Pop Music, a Chronicle of Black Filmmaking, a Counterhistory of Feminism, and More

By Book Marks | October 26, 2021

Hari Kunzru on Sartre, <em>Red Pill</em>, and His New Instagram Account

Hari Kunzru on Sartre, Red Pill, and His New Instagram Account

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 26, 2021

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