A Poetics of Risk: On Publishing My Debut Novel in My 60s

A Poetics of Risk: On Publishing My Debut Novel in My 60s

Lisa Russ Spaar Explores the Pleasures of Finding New Ground

By Lisa Russ Spaar | May 26, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Joshua Ferris on Dan Chaon, Maggie Shipstead on Elif Batuman, Jeff VanderMeer on Kim Stanley Robinson, and more

By Book Marks | May 26, 2022

Buddhism’s <em>Dukkha</em> and Hamlet’s Dust: On Shakespeare’s Spiritual Wisdom

Buddhism’s Dukkha and Hamlet’s Dust: On Shakespeare’s Spiritual Wisdom

Lauren Shufran on How Reading Shakespeare Helped Her Better Read Herself

By Lauren Shufran | May 25, 2022

From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

Lillian Fishman Recommends a Particular Kind of Absorbing Love Story

By Lillian Fishman | May 25, 2022

Sarah Ruhl Tries to Look at Grief Through the Lens of Form

Sarah Ruhl Tries to Look at Grief Through the Lens of Form

A Conversation with the Author of Love Poems in Quarantine

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2022

Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

The Author of Serious Face Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2022

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Andrea Marcolongo on How Running Fuels Her Creative Process

By Andrea Marcolongo | May 25, 2022

Should We Celebrate Technology Which Enables the Disruption of Local Government?

By Keen On | May 25, 2022

Morgan Talty on Indigenous Literature, Penobscot Culture, and the Villain of Colonialism

By Thresholds | May 25, 2022

Kathryn Miles on the Emotional Toll of Investigating Tragedies—and Why She Carries on

Kathryn Miles on the Emotional Toll of Investigating Tragedies—and Why She Carries on

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 25, 2022

How to Make American Capitalism Moral (Or, At Least, Try To)

How to Make American Capitalism Moral (Or, At Least, Try To)

Dov Seidman in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 25, 2022

Why Work Sometimes Does, Indeed, Love Us Back

Why Work Sometimes Does, Indeed, Love Us Back

Marcus Buckingham in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 25, 2022

Remembering (And Mourning) The Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington D.C.

Remembering (And Mourning) The Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington D.C.

George Stevens, Jr. in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 25, 2022

Why Delaware Is At the Root of Everything That Is Wrong With America

Why Delaware Is At the Root of Everything That Is Wrong With America

Hal Weitzman in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 25, 2022

Elif Batuman on the Need For Novels (And When Male Writers Describe Oral Sex)

Elif Batuman on the Need For Novels (And When Male Writers Describe Oral Sex)

Kristin Iversen Talks to the author of Either/Or

By Kristin Iversen | May 24, 2022

On the Ball: In Memory of Roger Angell, 1920-2022

On the Ball: In Memory of Roger Angell, 1920-2022

Michael Lindgren on One of the All-Time Greats

By Michael Lindgren | May 24, 2022

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