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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

Of Mobs and Namesakes: Writing the Story of My Infamous Grandfather

Of Mobs and Namesakes: Writing the Story of My Infamous Grandfather

Russell Shorto on the Path To His Latest Book

By Russell Shorto | February 5, 2021

The Work of Home: Cleaning, Writing, and Communing with Ghosts

The Work of Home: Cleaning, Writing, and Communing with Ghosts

Laura Cronk Explores How the Pandemic Has Shaped the Meaning of Domesticity

By Laura Cronk | February 5, 2021

<em>Egyptian Nights and Other Tales of Romance and Imagination</em> by Alexander Pushkin, Read by Stefan Rudnicki

Egyptian Nights and Other Tales of Romance and Imagination by Alexander Pushkin, Read by Stefan Rudnicki

Explore Classic Stories of Russian Literature

By Behind the Mic | February 5, 2021

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What Does It Mean to Write a Political Novel?

By Tobias Carroll | February 4, 2021

On the Complexities of Motherhood: A Reading List

By Avni Doshi | February 4, 2021

Rooms of Their Own: Where Some of the Best Women Writers Created Art

By Lauren Marino | February 4, 2021

How Writing a Book Within a Book Saved My Novel

How Writing a Book Within a Book Saved My Novel

K Chess on the Importance Nested Narratives

By K Chess | February 4, 2021

Matthew Salesses on the Two Things a Workshop Can Do Best (and Often Fails Doing at All)

Matthew Salesses on the Two Things a Workshop Can Do Best (and Often Fails Doing at All)

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | February 3, 2021

The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

Philip Metres Seeks Unoccupied Spaces for Conversation

By Philip Metres | February 3, 2021

Lauren Oyler: Twitter has gotten so crazy... What if my book isn’t crazy enough?

Lauren Oyler: Twitter has gotten so crazy... What if my book isn’t crazy enough?

The Author of Fake Accounts Talks to Kyle Chayka

By Kyle Chayka | February 3, 2021

How a Poetry Collection Masquerading as Buddhist Scripture Nearly Duped the Literary World

How a Poetry Collection Masquerading as Buddhist Scripture Nearly Duped the Literary World

”The lioness’s roars of the ancient nuns have been muffled into sweet new-agey purring.”

By An Tran | February 3, 2021

Against the All-Consuming Archetype of ‘Mom’

Against the All-Consuming Archetype of ‘Mom’

Sarah Langan on the Power of Portraying Mothers as
Whole, Flawed People

By Sarah Langan | February 3, 2021

Ayad Akhtar on the Hollowness of American Exceptionalism

Ayad Akhtar on the Hollowness of American Exceptionalism

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 3, 2021

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