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Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Christopher Sorrentino on a Year of Literary Success and Personal Cataclysm

By Christopher Sorrentino | September 27, 2021

Sophie Ward on <em>Jane Eyre</em>, <em>Macho Sluts</em>, and <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>

Sophie Ward on Jane Eyre, Macho Sluts, and To Kill a Mockingbird

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of Love and Other Thought Experiments

By Book Marks | September 27, 2021

Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable

Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable

Askold Melnyczuk on the Importance of Moral Complexity in Fiction

By Askold Melnyczuk | September 27, 2021

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Lauren Arrington on the Poets of Rapallo and Women’s Forgotten Involvement

By Lauren Arrington | September 27, 2021

Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

Megan Milks Recommends Kiese Laymon, Sofia Samatar, and Others

By Megan Milks | September 27, 2021

On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

Casey Kayser Discusses the Barriers that Hold Women Playwrights Back

By Casey Kayser | September 27, 2021

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Rachel Long on the “Unlanguage” of Writing About the Body

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 27, 2021

On William Sidney Porter and His Legacy Within the American Short Story

By History of Literature | September 27, 2021

Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 27, 2021

Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

By Jonny Diamond | September 24, 2021

Yiyun Li on Taking Writing Lessons from <em>War and Peace</em>

Yiyun Li on Taking Writing Lessons from War and Peace

“The line will always be crossed.”

By Yiyun Li | September 24, 2021

Do Fictional Critiques of the Wealthy Ever Really . . . Work?

Do Fictional Critiques of the Wealthy Ever Really . . . Work?

Andrew Martin and Benjamin Nugent Discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald on His Birthday

By Andrew Martin & Benjamin Nugent | September 24, 2021

Centuries Before <em>Fifty Shades</em>, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Centuries Before Fifty Shades, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Leigh Cowart on the Success of Sadomasochistic Books from 1800s Russia to the Present

By Leigh Cowart | September 24, 2021

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Richard Powers, Rabih Alameddine, Amia Srinivasan, Ruth Ozeki, and more

By Book Marks | September 24, 2021

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

Biographer Jacques Berlinerblau on the Death of Critical Distance

By Jacques Berlinerblau | September 24, 2021

WATCH: Kima Jones Reads James Cagney’s Poem “Identity to Burn”

WATCH: Kima Jones Reads James Cagney’s Poem “Identity to Burn”

“Poetry is the most honest way for me to express my gratitude to the literary community.”

By Kima Jones | September 24, 2021

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