On Avi's Brilliant Ability to Recreate His Voice with Each Book

On Avi's Brilliant Ability to Recreate His Voice with Each Book

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | April 8, 2021

Vive the <em>erotic far left!</em> Why Violette Leduc’s <em>The Taxi</em> needs a new translation.

Vive the erotic far left! Why Violette Leduc’s The Taxi needs a new translation.

By Jonny Diamond | April 7, 2021

Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train

Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train

The Author of Peaces in Conversation with Kristin Iversen

By Kristin Iversen | April 7, 2021

Meaning in the Margins: On the Literary Value of Annotation

Meaning in the Margins: On the Literary Value of Annotation

For As Long As There Have Been Printed Books, There Has Been Marginalia

By Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia | April 7, 2021

On the Bruce Springsteen Song That Reinvigorated My Writing

On the Bruce Springsteen Song That Reinvigorated My Writing

How Natalie Standiford Found Herself Down in “Jungleland”

By Natalie Standiford | April 7, 2021

Fariha Róisín on Learning to Care Less About the Publishing World’s Rules

Fariha Róisín on Learning to Care Less About the Publishing World’s Rules

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | April 7, 2021

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On the Role of Zen Buddhism in the Stories of J.D. Salinger

By Avram Alpert | April 7, 2021

On Finding the Balance Between Solitude and Community at an MFA Program

By Sanjena Sathian | April 7, 2021

Gina Frangello: The Case Against Self-Flagellation in Memoir

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 7, 2021

Why Adults Should Read More Middle Grade Books

Why Adults Should Read More Middle Grade Books

Afoma Umesi Guests on the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | April 7, 2021

Here are 6 books Tom Waits should read that aren’t Kerouac or Bukowski.

Here are 6 books Tom Waits should read that aren’t Kerouac or Bukowski.

By Jonny Diamond | April 6, 2021

On Gloria Naylor’s Refusal to Look Away from the Pain of a Mother’s Grief

On Gloria Naylor’s Refusal to Look Away from the Pain of a Mother’s Grief

Tyrese L. Coleman Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | April 6, 2021

7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

Steven Hall Recommends Jonathan Safran Foer,
Julio Cortazar, and More

By Steven Hall | April 6, 2021

Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife<br> of Reading

Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife
of Reading

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber
on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 6, 2021

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney on First Drafts and Battling Writer’s Block

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney on First Drafts and Battling Writer’s Block

“Write the first draft for yourself.”

By Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney | April 6, 2021

Here are 18 fresh titles for your new books Tuesday.

Here are 18 fresh titles for your new books Tuesday.

By Katie Yee | April 6, 2021

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