Searching for a Lost History in Modern-Day Russia

Searching for a Lost History in Modern-Day Russia

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Alejandro Zambra on Juan Emar, Whose Avant-Garde Writings Deserve Our Attention

Alejandro Zambra on Juan Emar, Whose Avant-Garde Writings Deserve Our Attention

“He wanted to write, to give himself over to pure leisure, to the search.”

By Alejandro Zambra | May 2, 2022

Interview with an Indie Press: Grid Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Grid Books

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May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

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Love is Space: Notes on Marriage and Creativity

Love is Space: Notes on Marriage and Creativity

Andrea Bajani on Writing, Solitude, and Forgiveness

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What Makes Mysteries so Compelling?

What Makes Mysteries so Compelling?

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How the Russian and Ukrainian Languages Intersect in Eugene Vodolazkin’s <em>Brisbane</em>

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We Are in a Golden Age of Historical Fiction for People of Color

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Jasmin Darznik on How the Untold Stories of the Past Resonate Today

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If You Want to Inhabit the World of Your Novel, Take a Class

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

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On Friendship: Men in Love Who Aren’t (in Most Cases) Lovers

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How to Write a Literary Memoir About Neurodivergency

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