Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting <em>The Merchant of Venice</em> with My 10-Year-Old Son

Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting The Merchant of Venice with My 10-Year-Old Son

Dara Horn on Hearing Shakespeare's Antisemitism with Fresh Ears

By Dara Horn | September 8, 2021

The In-Between World: On the Mythology of <em>The Famished Road</em> and the Literary Scaffolding of Ben Okri

The In-Between World: On the Mythology of The Famished Road and the Literary Scaffolding of Ben Okri

Vanessa Guignery Considers the Author's Blurring of Boundaries

By Vanessa Guignery | September 8, 2021

Crystal Wilkinson on Finding Community Among Affrilachian Poets

Crystal Wilkinson on Finding Community Among Affrilachian Poets

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 8, 2021

Brigette Benkeman on Dora Maar, Surrealist Photographer and Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”

Brigette Benkeman on Dora Maar, Surrealist Photographer and Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | September 7, 2021

Hilma Wolitzer on the Catharsis of Writing Through Grief

Hilma Wolitzer on the Catharsis of Writing Through Grief

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Today a Women Went Mad in the Supermarket

By Jane Ciabattari | September 7, 2021

Making a Way Out of No Way: Celebrating the Power of Black Female Relationships in Literature

Making a Way Out of No Way: Celebrating the Power of Black Female Relationships in Literature

Dawn Turner on Sisterhood and Empowerment Against Formidable Odds

By Dawn Turner | September 7, 2021

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Jennifer Sperry Steinorth on the Alchemy in Graphic Poetry

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The Heartbreaking Ingenuity of the Mother-Writer

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Jeff VanderMeer on Keeping Creative Play Alive

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Interview with an Indie Press: Biblioasis

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On Creating a “Charmingly Irregular” List

By Corinne Segal | September 3, 2021

Exploring the “Hidden Figures” of the WWII Women’s Army Corps

Exploring the “Hidden Figures” of the WWII Women’s Army Corps

Kaia Alderson on the Books That Shaped Her Debut Novel

By Kaia Alderson | September 3, 2021

The Ambiguous Loss of (Probably) Not Selling My Novel

The Ambiguous Loss of (Probably) Not Selling My Novel

Danielle Lazarin on Life and Art in the Liminal Spaces Between Grief and Hope

By Danielle Lazarin | September 2, 2021

On the Life and Under-Recognized Work of Margery Latimer, Visionary Modernist Writer

On the Life and Under-Recognized Work of Margery Latimer, Visionary Modernist Writer

Joy Castro Revisits an Intellectual Ahead of Her Time

By Joy Castro | September 2, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Let the Biggest Season for Books Commence

By Emily Temple | September 1, 2021

What Would Marcel Proust’s Instagram Grid Look Like?

What Would Marcel Proust’s Instagram Grid Look Like?

Meredith Westgate Wonders About the Role of Memory in the Age of Social Media

By Meredith Westgate | September 1, 2021

Lauren Sandler on Setting Up Ground Rules with Her Book Subjects

Lauren Sandler on Setting Up Ground Rules with Her Book Subjects

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 1, 2021

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