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Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

“His fallback, his signature, is always humor.”

By Charles McGrath | June 29, 2021

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s <em>The General of the Dead Army</em>

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s The General of the Dead Army

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | June 29, 2021

Thanks to the Plumber Who Slept in My Bed: How a Surprising Trespasser Inspired My First Novel

Thanks to the Plumber Who Slept in My Bed: How a Surprising Trespasser Inspired My First Novel

Beck Dorey-Stein on the Unexpected Muse Behind Rock the Boat

By Beck Dorey-Stein | June 29, 2021

How to Plan a Literary Drive-In: Or, the Pandemic’s Safest IRL Book Launch

How to Plan a Literary Drive-In: Or, the Pandemic’s Safest IRL Book Launch

Rachelle Toarmino on Celebrating a Debut During a Pandemic

By Rachelle Toarmino | June 29, 2021

Larissa Pham on Parasocial Relationships and Trying to Tell an Emotional Truth

Larissa Pham on Parasocial Relationships and Trying to Tell an Emotional Truth

The Author of Pop Song in Conversation with Zack Graham

By Zack Graham | June 29, 2021

Tom Lin on the Importance of Conducting Literary Field Work

Tom Lin on the Importance of Conducting Literary Field Work

Jane Ciabattari Speaks with the Author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu

By Jane Ciabattari | June 29, 2021

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Very Different Writers, Uncanny Commonalities: On Lee Child and
Heidi James

By Heather Martin | June 28, 2021

Romance Novels for Hot-Everybody Summer

By Erin Flanagan | June 28, 2021

Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård

By Saskia Vogel | June 28, 2021

On the Unbearable Whiteness of Mainstream, Canonical Southern Literature 

On the Unbearable Whiteness of Mainstream, Canonical Southern Literature 

Anjali Enjeti Considers Racist Meta-Narratives and the Stories We Have Yet to Tell

By Anjali Enjeti | June 28, 2021

On the Enchanting, Hopelessly Beautiful Splendor and History of Venice

On the Enchanting, Hopelessly Beautiful Splendor and History of Venice

Orsola Casagrande, Editor of The Book of Venice, Recommends Writing About the Iconic City

By Orsola Casagrande | June 28, 2021

The Rise of the Crypto Writer? On What Literary NFTs Might Mean for the Book World

The Rise of the Crypto Writer? On What Literary NFTs Might Mean for the Book World

Walker Caplan on Blockchain, Blake Butler, and the Uneasy Intersection of Art, Tech, and Money

By Walker Caplan | June 25, 2021

Nathaniel Mackey on Evoking John Coltrane and the Visual Delights of Poetry

Nathaniel Mackey on Evoking John Coltrane and the Visual Delights of Poetry

Peter Mishler Talks with the Contemporary American Poet and National Book Award-Winner

By Peter Mishler | June 25, 2021

Matthew Salesses on Writing Plot and Cultural Context

Matthew Salesses on Writing Plot and Cultural Context

"Acceptance and rejection are cultural."

By Matthew Salesses | June 25, 2021

Joshua Henkin on Writing for the Long Haul

Joshua Henkin on Writing for the Long Haul

In conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | June 25, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: <br>Archipelago Books

Interview with an Indie Press:
Archipelago Books

On the Best New Translated Literature

By Corinne Segal | June 25, 2021

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