Two of my favorite writers died this day. Here’s why you should read them.

Two of my favorite writers died this day. Here’s why you should read them.

By Jonny Diamond | March 3, 2021

The Limits of Representation: Huda Awan Finds Herself in <em>Portnoy’s Complaint</em>

The Limits of Representation: Huda Awan Finds Herself in Portnoy’s Complaint

“How much can fictional representation actually achieve in acting as a foundation for self-respect?”

By Huda Awan | March 3, 2021

Edward Carey Talks to Alexander Chee About Rewriting a Myth, and the Enduring Power of Pinocchio

Edward Carey Talks to Alexander Chee About Rewriting a Myth, and the Enduring Power of Pinocchio

A Conversation with the Author of The Swallowed Man

By Alexander Chee | March 3, 2021

Anne Lamott on Writing a Book for Those Feeling Hopeless

Anne Lamott on Writing a Book for Those Feeling Hopeless

Five Questions for the Author of Dusk, Night, Dawn

By Literary Hub | March 3, 2021

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

Forsyth Harmon Recommends Raven Leilani, Makenna Goodman, and More

By Forsyth Harmon | March 3, 2021

Fernanda Melchor on the Complicities of Fairy Tales and Femicide

Fernanda Melchor on the Complicities of Fairy Tales and Femicide

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | March 3, 2021

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Food is Love: Weaving Together World War II History and Family Recipes

By Jennifer Ryan | March 3, 2021

Melissa Broder on Giving Up the “Finger-Clinging” of Her Youth

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 3, 2021

Darkest New England: What is the Northern Gothic Literary Tradition?

By W.S. Winslow | March 3, 2021

Patricia Engel: What Sustains the Separated Family?

Patricia Engel: What Sustains the Separated Family?

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

By Reading Women | March 3, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Red Comet</em> by Heather Clark

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Red Comet by Heather Clark

Tara Wanda Merrigan on One of the Finalists for Biography

By Tara Wanda Merrigan | March 3, 2021

Johnny Temple on the Elitism of the Publishing Industry

Johnny Temple on the Elitism of the Publishing Industry

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | March 3, 2021

17 new books to look forward to.

17 new books to look forward to.

By Katie Yee | March 2, 2021

MFA vs. MBA? Finding Unlikely Literary Inspiration at Harvard Business School

MFA vs. MBA? Finding Unlikely Literary Inspiration at Harvard Business School

Isabel Yap on Learning the Art of Storytelling Where She Least Expected It

By Isabel Yap | March 2, 2021

On the Ultra-Relatable, Modern Burnout of Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6”

On the Ultra-Relatable, Modern Burnout of Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6”

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | March 2, 2021

Isabel Allende on Literary Ambition and the Power of Mentorship

Isabel Allende on Literary Ambition and the Power of Mentorship

"In the absence of ambition I had good luck."

By Isabel Allende | March 2, 2021

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