The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

; vs. — vs. , vs. . vs. !

By Emily Temple | May 4, 2021

23 new books to dig into this week.

23 new books to dig into this week.

By Katie Yee | May 4, 2021

On the Time-Traveling Allusions of T.S. Eliot

On the Time-Traveling Allusions of T.S. Eliot

Elisa Gabbert Joins the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | May 4, 2021

How Doctors Tell Stories: Writing Through the Practice of Medicine

How Doctors Tell Stories: Writing Through the Practice of Medicine

Leslie Jamison and Suzanne Koven in Conversation

By Leslie Jamison | May 4, 2021

How John Steinbeck’s Diaries Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

How John Steinbeck’s Diaries Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

Stacey Swann on Showing Up to Your Work No Matter What

By Stacey Swann | May 4, 2021

A Spaniard, a Frenchman, and Several Dead Russians: What I Owe Roberto Bolaño

A Spaniard, a Frenchman, and Several Dead Russians: What I Owe Roberto Bolaño

Chris Power on the Deep, Dark Influences Behind His Debut Novel

By Chris Power | May 4, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

This is how Alison Bechdel jumpstarts her creativity.

By Vanessa Willoughby | May 3, 2021

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

By Kavita Bedford | May 3, 2021

Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 3, 2021

How To: On the Unlikely Political and Cultural Power of the DIY Manual

How To: On the Unlikely Political and Cultural Power of the DIY Manual

Bethany Kaylor Digs Into the History of Doing It Yourself

By Bethany Kaylor | May 3, 2021

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Clayton Wickham Rereads The Drinker

By Clayton Wickham | May 3, 2021

Exploring My Disparate Cultures in Fiction Helped Me Better Understand Them Both

Exploring My Disparate Cultures in Fiction Helped Me Better Understand Them Both

Gian Sardar on the Distance Between Kurdistan and Rural Minnesota

By Gian Sardar | May 3, 2021

Elizabeth Ellen on Small Presses, Autofiction, and Reading the Uncomfortable

Elizabeth Ellen on Small Presses, Autofiction, and Reading the Uncomfortable

“I look for a gut punch. I look for unexpectedness.”

By Walker Caplan | May 3, 2021

A Poetics of the Press: An Interview with Ugly Duckling Presse

A Poetics of the Press: An Interview with Ugly Duckling Presse

Kyle Schlesinger in Conversation with Anna Moschovakis and Matvei Yankelevich

By Kyle Schlesinger | May 3, 2021

On Salman Rushdie’s Devotion to the Art of Fiction

On Salman Rushdie’s Devotion to the Art of Fiction

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast
with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 3, 2021

Adam Mansbach on the Difficulty of Writing an Honest Elegy About His Brother

Adam Mansbach on the Difficulty of Writing an Honest Elegy About His Brother

Shawn Setaro in Conversation with the Author of I Had a Brother Once

By Shawn Setaro | May 3, 2021

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