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Naming the Unnamed: On the Many Uses of the Letter X

Naming the Unnamed: On the Many Uses of the Letter X

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza Considers X as a Symbol of Prohibition and Expansion

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | May 20, 2022

Don Winslow Is Hopeful For the Future

Don Winslow Is Hopeful For the Future

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | May 20, 2022

Jonathan Lee on Hooking a Reader with the First Line

Jonathan Lee on Hooking a Reader with the First Line

“No one wants to feel the writer trying too hard.”

By Jonathan Lee | May 20, 2022

A Conversation About Music, Memory, and the Topographies of Writing

A Conversation About Music, Memory, and the Topographies of Writing

Mesha Maren in Conversation with Fernando Flores

By Literary Hub | May 20, 2022

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 Jhumpa Lahiri, Emma Straub, Benjamin Myers, Maggie Shipstead, and more

By Book Marks | May 20, 2022

Octavia Butler’s <em> Xenogenesis</em> and the Erotics of Power

Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis and the Erotics of Power

This Week on the Queers at the End of the World Podcast

By Queers at the End of the World | May 20, 2022

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Brian Alan Ellis on Making “Garden Variety Pain” Readable and Unique

By Micro Podcast | May 20, 2022

Alexander Maksik on Writing About Post-Recession New York

By Dwyer Murphy | May 20, 2022

Khan Wong on Hula Hooping, Asexuality, and Creating the Universe of His Debut Novel

By New Books Network | May 20, 2022

Annie Harnett on What Living in a Cemetery Meant to Her Novel

Annie Harnett on What Living in a Cemetery Meant to Her Novel

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 19, 2022

Phil Klay on Rebuilding the American Citizen in an Age of Endless, Invisible War

Phil Klay on Rebuilding the American Citizen in an Age of Endless, Invisible War

In Conversation with Andrew. Keen

By Keen On | May 19, 2022

Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

On the Translatability and “Secret Essence” of Calvino’s Language

By Jhumpa Lahiri | May 19, 2022

Is <em>Pearl Harbor</em> a Film of Propaganda?

Is Pearl Harbor a Film of Propaganda?

Joseph Han in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | May 19, 2022

Steve Paul and Henry Schvey on How Evan S. Connell and Tennessee Williams Never Really Left Missouri

Steve Paul and Henry Schvey on How Evan S. Connell and Tennessee Williams Never Really Left Missouri

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 19, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The plot twist, when it arrives, is not in itself ridiculous but the execution is.”

By Book Marks | May 19, 2022

Why a Life Well Lived Is a Good Death

Why a Life Well Lived Is a Good Death

Dr. Sunita Puri in Conversation with Roxanne Coady on the Just the Right Book Podcast

By Just the Right Book | May 19, 2022

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