Melissa Febos on Writing About Sex

Melissa Febos on Writing About Sex

"A sex scene should advance a story."

By Melissa Febos | March 25, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles by Anne Tyler, David Keenan, Stephen Galloway, and more

By Book Marks | March 25, 2022

“I pretend death doesn’t exist.” New Poetry From Ukraine by Iryna Shuvalova

“I pretend death doesn’t exist.” New Poetry From Ukraine by Iryna Shuvalova

Translated by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk

By Literary Hub | March 24, 2022

Teaching Writing to Children with Autism While in the Grip of Anxiety

Teaching Writing to Children with Autism While in the Grip of Anxiety

Sarah Fay on Navigating Not One But Two Entries in the DSM

By Sarah Fay | March 24, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need To Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need To Read This Week

On interracial relationships, the Internet, imposters, and more

By Book Marks | March 24, 2022

Nick Davis on Writing Himself Into a Biography–And Taking Himself Out

Nick Davis on Writing Himself Into a Biography–And Taking Himself Out

This Week on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | March 24, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • On Morrison
  • Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour
  • So Old, So Young
  • Rebel English Academy
  • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
  • Evil Genius

Alex Segura on the Truths of Noir Literature

By The Maris Review | March 24, 2022

"One of the Worst Places on Earth": Mansoor Adayfi on the 20th Anniversary of Guantánamo Bay Prison

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 24, 2022

Why Good Husbands Should ALWAYS Carry the Laundry Upstairs

By Keen On | March 24, 2022

Travel Truth #1: It Doesn’t Matter How Far We Go, We’ll Never Escape Ourselves

Travel Truth #1: It Doesn’t Matter How Far We Go, We’ll Never Escape Ourselves

Brandon Presser in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | March 24, 2022

How to Avoid Civil War in America By Creating a Post-Racial Civic Identity

How to Avoid Civil War in America By Creating a Post-Racial Civic Identity

Justin Gest in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | March 24, 2022

What <em>Romy and Michele's High School Reunion</em> Teaches Us About Friendship Dynamics

What Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Teaches Us About Friendship Dynamics

Kristen Arnett in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form

By Open Form | March 24, 2022

On Embracing the Halting, Neurotic, Defiant Ways We Talk

On Embracing the Halting, Neurotic, Defiant Ways We Talk

Sara Lippmann’s Manifesto for Sounding—and Writing—Like Yourself

By Sara Lippmann | March 23, 2022

Watching <em>Secretary</em> 20 Years Later, Post-#MeToo

Watching Secretary 20 Years Later, Post-#MeToo

Emily Kenway on the Hollywoodization of Predation

By Emily Kenway | March 23, 2022

Why Do We Love the Brutality of “Grimdark” Fantasy?

Why Do We Love the Brutality of “Grimdark” Fantasy?

Alexa Schmitt Bugler on a Genre That Repudiates the Moralistic Fantasies of Tolkien

By Alexa Schmitt Bugler | March 23, 2022

Ed Yong on His New Puppy! (And Going Beyond the Limits of Our Evolutionary Necessity)

Ed Yong on His New Puppy! (And Going Beyond the Limits of Our Evolutionary Necessity)

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 23, 2022

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