Outsiders, Eccentrics, and Misfits: A Reading List

Outsiders, Eccentrics, and Misfits: A Reading List

Claire Fuller Can’t Get Enough of the Oddball (Lovable and Otherwise)

By Claire Fuller | May 19, 2021

Jim Shepard: When Your Novel Veers a Little Too Close to Grim Reality

Jim Shepard: When Your Novel Veers a Little Too Close to Grim Reality

An Armchair Catastrophist Predicts a Pandemic

By Jim Shepard | May 19, 2021

An Argument for Literature as Care Work

An Argument for Literature as Care Work

Alexandra Kingston-Reese on How Writers Can Ease a Care Crisis

By Alexandra Kingston-Reese | May 19, 2021

“I Wanted to Be on Fire.” On the Connection Between Art and Self-Destruction

“I Wanted to Be on Fire.” On the Connection Between Art and Self-Destruction

Bridget Collins Considers the Hagiography of the Tortured Artist

By Bridget Collins | May 19, 2021

T Kira Madden on Centering Pacific Island Voices

T Kira Madden on Centering Pacific Island Voices

This Week on the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | May 19, 2021

Courtney Zoffness on the One Characteristic That Writers Share

Courtney Zoffness on the One Characteristic That Writers Share

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 19, 2021

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Krystal Sutherland Reads from Her Novel House of Hollow

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | May 19, 2021

5 Books in Translation You May Have Missed in April

By Bethanne Patrick | May 19, 2021

Why Julia Franks Created a (Much-Needed) Children’s Literacy App

By NewberyTart | May 19, 2021

Would you let a random group of strangers on the Internet plot your next novel?

Would you let a random group of strangers on the Internet plot your next novel?

By Jonny Diamond | May 18, 2021

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

Courtney Zoffness on Finding Authenticity in a Great Writer and Professor

By Courtney Zoffness | May 18, 2021

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Publishing Your Work in a Literary Magazine

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Publishing Your Work in a Literary Magazine

Erica Jenks Henry on the Fruits of a Seemingly Sisyphean Endeavor

By Erica Jenks Henry | May 18, 2021

On Midcentury American Literature’s Preoccupation with Scandalous Sex

On Midcentury American Literature’s Preoccupation with Scandalous Sex

The Lit Century Podcast Rereads Valley of the Dolls

By Lit Century | May 18, 2021

Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

The Author of Negative Space Talks to Sari Botton

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 18, 2021

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

Isle McElroy on Torrey Peters, Veronica Esposito, and the Divide Between Being and Doing Trans

By Isle McElroy | May 18, 2021

Rejoice, for here are 20 new books coming out today.

Rejoice, for here are 20 new books coming out today.

By Katie Yee | May 18, 2021

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