Why People Are Still Mad About Thomas Nagel's 1974 Essay,

Why People Are Still Mad About Thomas Nagel's 1974 Essay, "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"

This week on the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | March 23, 2021

Learning to Go With the Flow, in Rafting and in Writing

Learning to Go With the Flow, in Rafting and in Writing

Andrew J. Graff on the Hard Work of Staying Loose

By Andrew J. Graff | March 23, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>The Broken Heart Of America</em> by Walter Johnson

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Broken Heart Of America by Walter Johnson

Stephanie Burt on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Stephanie Burt | March 23, 2021

Read Douglas Adams's advice to writers who hate writing.

Read Douglas Adams's advice to writers who hate writing.

By Emily Temple | March 22, 2021

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

Marco d'Eramo on Innocents Abroad, the Account of an Early Transatlantic Cruise

By Marco d'Eramo | March 22, 2021

Trilogies, Thrillers, and Sci-Fi: 5 Books You May Have <br>Missed in February

Trilogies, Thrillers, and Sci-Fi: 5 Books You May Have
Missed in February

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Sebastian Fitzek,
Zhou Haohui, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | March 22, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

On Writing Flawed, Inconsistent, Forgivable, Inspiring, and Damaged Afghan Characters

By Nadia Hashimi | March 22, 2021

On Fighting For Space in the Literary World as a Black Canadian Writer

By Cheryl Thompson | March 22, 2021

On Navigating a Polyglot’s Life Between Bangla and English

By Saikat Majumdar | March 22, 2021

Our Memories, Ourselves: On Getting an Unexpected Note from a Childhood Bully

Our Memories, Ourselves: On Getting an Unexpected Note from a Childhood Bully

Sofia Lundberg Considers How the Past is Always Shaping Our Futures

By Sofia Lundberg | March 22, 2021

Priyanka Champaneri on Setting as the Genesis of Her Novel

Priyanka Champaneri on Setting as the Genesis of Her Novel

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 22, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>This Is Major</em> by Shayla Lawson

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: This Is Major by Shayla Lawson

Megan Labrise on One of the Finalists for Autobiography

By Megan Labrise | March 22, 2021

Sara Franklin on the Powerful Unsung Legacy of Edna Lewis, A Great Southern Chef

Sara Franklin on the Powerful Unsung Legacy of Edna Lewis, A Great Southern Chef

Chef Diep Tran Talks to the Editor of Edna Lewis: At the Table with an American Original

By Diep Tran | March 19, 2021

WATCH: Live Readings by Kaveh Akbar, Danielle Evans, Melissa Febos, and More

WATCH: Live Readings by Kaveh Akbar, Danielle Evans, Melissa Febos, and More

An Evening with Barrelhouse and The Rumpus

By The Virtual Book Channel | March 19, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: <br>The New Press

Interview with an Indie Press:
The New Press

On Publishing, Social Justice, and Supporting Progressive Voices

By Corinne Segal | March 19, 2021

On the Pact That Helped Me Finally Finish My Book... After Four Decades

On the Pact That Helped Me Finally Finish My Book... After Four Decades

How Margaret Hermes Made a Promise to Her Neighbor That Finally Came to Pass

By Margaret Hermes | March 19, 2021

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