Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

How the Author of Veronica Tries to Honor the World

By Mary Gaitskill | October 22, 2021

Finding My Voice Through the Rage of Punk Music

Finding My Voice Through the Rage of Punk Music

Amy Lee Lillard on the Acceptance and Creativity-Instilling Energy of the Punk Scene

By Amy Lee Lillard | October 22, 2021

Sebastian Junger on Freedom vs. Community

Sebastian Junger on Freedom vs. Community

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 22, 2021

David Shariatmadari on What Etymology Can Teach Us About Culture (and Happiness)

David Shariatmadari on What Etymology Can Teach Us About Culture (and Happiness)

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | October 22, 2021

On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

Oscar Oswald Considers Theocritus, Layli Long Soldier, and the Search for a Wild Poetry

By Oscar Oswald | October 22, 2021

Craig Davidson on the Secrets Best Left Out of Memoir

Craig Davidson on the Secrets Best Left Out of Memoir

"I’d slipped a gear between living a story and making a story."

By Craig Davidson | October 22, 2021

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Josh Cohen on Letting the Literary Be a Guide to Life

By Keen On | October 22, 2021

Nariman Youssef on Migration, Translation, and the Complexities of the “Mother Tongue”

By The Common | October 22, 2021

On the Very Human Importance of Walking: A Reading List

By Katherine May | October 22, 2021

Jennifer Estep on Her Favorite Character of All Time to Write

Jennifer Estep on Her Favorite Character of All Time to Write

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 22, 2021

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

Sara B. Franklin on a True Poet of Our Times

By Sara B. Franklin | October 21, 2021

The Perpetual Timeliness of <em>Tess of the D'Urbervilles</em>

The Perpetual Timeliness of Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Janet Beard on Reading and Rereading the Thomas Hardy Classic

By Janet Beard | October 21, 2021

The Resilience of Nature Gives Jane Goodall Hope

The Resilience of Nature Gives Jane Goodall Hope

The Legendary Naturalist Talks to Douglas Abrams About Growth, Regeneration, and Survival

By Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams | October 21, 2021

Julia Elliott and DaMaris B. Hill on Writing Rural America

Julia Elliott and DaMaris B. Hill on Writing Rural America

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 21, 2021

TaraShea Nesbit on Reckoning With Ghosts, and Returning to the Same Story, Again and Again

TaraShea Nesbit on Reckoning With Ghosts, and Returning to the Same Story, Again and Again

“There is a backward-looking thing in all good stories and essays: a haunting.”

By TaraShea Nesbit | October 21, 2021

Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 21, 2021

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