Why is 20th-Century Literature So Obsessed with Normality?

Why is 20th-Century Literature So Obsessed with Normality?

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | February 9, 2021

Vendela Vida on Finding Humor in the Darker Side of <br>Teenage Life

Vendela Vida on Finding Humor in the Darker Side of
Teenage Life

The Author of We Run the Tides Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | February 9, 2021

How to Keep Track of Your Characters With Index Cards, String, and a Lot of Clothes Pins

How to Keep Track of Your Characters With Index Cards, String, and a Lot of Clothes Pins

Rebecca Sacks on Managing a Cast of Dozens of Imaginary People

By Bee Sacks | February 9, 2021

Joyce Carol Oates Thinks You Should Write Your Heart Out

Joyce Carol Oates Thinks You Should Write Your Heart Out

A Conversation with the Author of American Melancholy: Poems

By Literary Hub | February 9, 2021

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Te-Ping Chen, Brandon Hobson, Tod Goldberg, and More

By Teddy Wayne | February 9, 2021

A Brief History of Metaphor in <br>Persian Poetry

A Brief History of Metaphor in
Persian Poetry

Dick Davis on Literary Forms That Have Lasted a Thousand Years

By Dick Davis | February 9, 2021

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Jenny Offill: Everyone’s Always Hoping for Some Kind of Plot

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David Duchovny: I Tackle Writer’s Block From Behind

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Mastering the Art of the Lockdown Book Recommendation

Mastering the Art of the Lockdown Book Recommendation

With Lockdown Libraries, Clemmie Jackson-Stops Asks Readers to Think Beyond Genre and Taste

By Tyler Wetherall | February 8, 2021

The Greatest Literary Alliance of All Time: You, the Author, and the Character

The Greatest Literary Alliance of All Time: You, the Author, and the Character

Lisa Zeidner Asks Us to Think Deeply About Point of View in Fiction

By Lisa Zeidner | February 8, 2021

Chigozie Obioma: ‘I Really Do Believe That Fiction Should Say More Than One Thing’

Chigozie Obioma: ‘I Really Do Believe That Fiction Should Say More Than One Thing’

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | February 8, 2021

How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

Lara Vergnaud Navigates Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

By Lara Vergnaud | February 8, 2021

On the Complexity of Using the Mango as a Symbol in Diasporic Literature

On the Complexity of Using the Mango as a Symbol in Diasporic Literature

Urvi Kumbhat Maps a Personal Genealogy of the Fruit

By Urvi Kumbhat | February 8, 2021

Ben Okri on the Strange Magic of Our Preoccupations

Ben Okri on the Strange Magic of Our Preoccupations

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 8, 2021

On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

Rosalind Miles Considers Progress, Change, and "Lady Novelists"

By Rosalind Miles | February 5, 2021

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