Maggie Smith on How to Revise Poems Without Losing the Initial Spark

Maggie Smith on How to Revise Poems Without Losing the Initial Spark

“If a poem is a machine made of words, it only runs as well as the words we choose to build it.”

By Maggie Smith | July 27, 2021

The Benefits of People-Watching: How My Weird Subway Ritual Became a Storytelling Device

The Benefits of People-Watching: How My Weird Subway Ritual Became a Storytelling Device

Nora Zelevansky on Letting Daily Observations Spark the Imagination and Inform Her Writing

By Nora Zelevansky | July 27, 2021

Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

The Author of We Want What We Want Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | July 27, 2021

8 Books About the Messiness and Beauty of Queer Life

8 Books About the Messiness and Beauty of Queer Life

Amanda Kabak Recommends Sarah Waters, Michael Cunningham, and More

By Amanda Kabak | July 27, 2021

WATCH: Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

WATCH: Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

Introducing the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 27, 2021

20 new books to get you through the week.

20 new books to get you through the week.

By Katie Yee | July 27, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • The Silver Book
  • The Land in Winter
  • Evensong
  • Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
  • The History of Money: A Story of Humanity
  • The American Revolution: An Intimate History

Mary Jo Bang Wonders Why It Takes So Long to Meet Beatrice in Dante’s Inferno

By Mary Jo Bang | July 26, 2021

How an 18th-Century Cookbook Offers Glimpses of Jane Austen’s Domestic Life

By Julienne Gehrer  | July 26, 2021

Alix Ohlin on How to Map the Shape of Your Short Story

By Alix Ohlin | July 26, 2021

Meg Tilly on the Crossover Between Acting in Thrillers and Writing Them

Meg Tilly on the Crossover Between Acting in Thrillers and Writing Them

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 26, 2021

WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 26, 2021

Revisiting Raymond Chandler’s most iconic lines.

Revisiting Raymond Chandler’s most iconic lines.

By Dan Sheehan | July 23, 2021

What the Animal World Can Teach Us About Human Nature

What the Animal World Can Teach Us About Human Nature

A Conversation Between Carl Safina and Nick McDonell

By Nick McDonell | July 23, 2021

WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 23, 2021

Toward a Syllabus for Modern Grieving

Toward a Syllabus for Modern Grieving

From Yaa Gyasi to Joan Silber Beth Kissileff Finds Consolation in Reading

By Beth Kissileff | July 23, 2021

Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Geoff Rodkey on Accepting the Realities of Civilization-Ending Calamity

By Geoff Rodkey | July 23, 2021

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