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In Which a Couple of Actual Literary Assholes Make an Appearance

In Which a Couple of Actual Literary Assholes Make an Appearance

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Literary Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | April 3, 2025

Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging

Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging

Douglas J. Penick Considers Time, Transitions, and Classical Music

By Douglas J. Penick | April 3, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Szalay has written a novel about the Big Question: about the numbing strangeness of being alive.”

By Book Marks | April 3, 2025

More Than Just a Toy: What an Old Dollhouse Taught Me About Storytelling and Family

More Than Just a Toy: What an Old Dollhouse Taught Me About Storytelling and Family

Elise Hooper: “In a world that feels increasingly troubling and out of control, the dollhouse is where my mother and I are at our best together.”

By Elise Hooper | April 3, 2025

Meghan O’Rourke on The End of the University

Meghan O’Rourke on The End of the University

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 3, 2025

American Literature’s White Whale: Why the “Great American Novel” is Still Worth Pursuing

American Literature’s White Whale: Why the “Great American Novel” is Still Worth Pursuing

Ed Simon on the Importance of Chasing an Elusive Literary Ideal in an Era of National Decline

By Ed Simon | April 2, 2025

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Fighting for One’s Fiction: How Norman Mailer Taught Me to Defend My Plots

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Rachel Kushner on How Clarice Lispector Disrupts Our Notions of Good and Bad

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Can Writers Ever Remember How to Read For Fun?

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On the Challenge of Writing a Sequel to a Twenty-Year-Old Novel

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Lee Martin Needed a New Story to Explain the Ending of “The Bright Forever”

By Lee Martin | April 1, 2025

Jeanne Thornton! Amy Gerstler! Videogame memoirs! 26 new books out today.

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A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Missing Time</em> by Ari Brostoff

A Small Press Book We Love:
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From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April

From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April

Featuring Work by Faiz Siddiqui, Heather Christle, Ada Limón, and More

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Ten New Children’s Books That Reveal the Wondrous Act of Storytelling

Ten New Children’s Books That Reveal the Wondrous Act of Storytelling

Caroline Carlson Rounds Up Some Great Kids’ Books Out in April

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Gatsby, Bluebeard, and the Roys Walk Into a TBR: April’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

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Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry

Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry

Featuring Ariana Benson, Peter Gizzi, Romeo Oriogun, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Greg Rappleye, and Jess Smith

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2025

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