Forrest Gander on the Investment and Involvement Required of Reading Poetry

Forrest Gander on the Investment and Involvement Required of Reading Poetry

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 23, 2021

How Gaslighting in Fiction Can Reflect the Realities of Psychological Abuse

How Gaslighting in Fiction Can Reflect the Realities of Psychological Abuse

Jennifer Baker Considers The Illness Lesson and Real Life

By Jennifer Baker | June 23, 2021

How Writing a Novel About the Evangelical Church Helped Me Grieve the Loss of My Religion

How Writing a Novel About the Evangelical Church Helped Me Grieve the Loss of My Religion

Kelsey McKinney on the Complex Feelings of Leaving the Faith

By Kelsey McKinney | June 23, 2021

Kristen Arnett on the Loneliness of Queer Parenting in Red States

Kristen Arnett on the Loneliness of Queer Parenting in Red States

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | June 23, 2021

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore in Praise of Unconventional Writing Practices

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore in Praise of Unconventional Writing Practices

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | June 23, 2021

This is Octavia Butler's best writing advice.

This is Octavia Butler's best writing advice.

By Vanessa Willoughby | June 22, 2021

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Brandon Taylor: Writer’s Block Is Not Tragic (It’s a Part of Life)

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What a 13th-Century Medieval Text Can Teach Us About Queerness and Gender

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How Language Limits Our Ability to Describe Smells

How Language Limits Our Ability to Describe Smells

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By Lit Century | June 22, 2021

How Black Writers Capture the Comedy and Dark Absurdity of Life in America

How Black Writers Capture the Comedy and Dark Absurdity of Life in America

Keenan Norris Recommends Paul Beatty, Fran Ross,
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By Keenan Norris | June 22, 2021

Unmoored in a City of Ruins: On the Revelatory Power of Samuel R. Delany’s <em>Dhalgren</em>

Unmoored in a City of Ruins: On the Revelatory Power of Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren

Joss Lake Considers the Profound and Best-Selling
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By Joss Lake | June 22, 2021

Telling the True Stories of Ancient Greece Through Fiction

Telling the True Stories of Ancient Greece Through Fiction

Claire Heywood on Rewriting Mythology From the Woman’s Perspective

By Claire Heywood | June 22, 2021

20 new books to buy from your local indie (instead of you know where).

20 new books to buy from your local indie (instead of you know where).

By Katie Yee | June 22, 2021

Yan Lianke on Intoxicated Revolutionaries and the Importance of<br> “Literary Distance”

Yan Lianke on Intoxicated Revolutionaries and the Importance of
“Literary Distance”

The Hard Like Water Author Discusses His Newly Translated Novel
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By An Yu | June 21, 2021

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on the Rich Etymologies of Place-Names

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on the Rich Etymologies of Place-Names

Jazmine Hughes and Will Butler Speak with the Author of Names of New York

By Literary Hub | June 21, 2021

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