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

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Ayad Akhtar on the Hollowness of American Exceptionalism

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 3, 2021

Reading My Way Through a Pandemic with Post-Apocalyptic Literature

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Eileen Myles on Approaching Writing Like a Game of Hearts

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How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

Jan-Peter Westad on Kiraathane and the Power of a Meeting Place

By Jan-Peter Westad | February 3, 2021

Michael Bible on Writing the Sort of Character Who Would’ve Stormed the Capitol

Michael Bible on Writing the Sort of Character Who Would’ve Stormed the Capitol

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 3, 2021

<em>Reading Women</em> Recommends Books That Center Black Joy

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Featuring Leah Johnson, Alecia McKenzie, and Lupita Nyong'o

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What Can an Intellectual Do? On Wallace Shawn’s <em>The Designated Mourner</em>

What Can an Intellectual Do? On Wallace Shawn’s The Designated Mourner

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | February 2, 2021

For Writers Graduating from an MFA During a Pandemic: Read Everything

For Writers Graduating from an MFA During a Pandemic: Read Everything

Paisley Rekdal's Advice for What Might Come Next

By Paisley Rekdal | February 2, 2021

What Richard Wollheim Taught Us About the ‘Finished State’ of a Person

What Richard Wollheim Taught Us About the ‘Finished State’ of a Person

Sheila Heti on the British Philosopher's Memoir, Germs

By Sheila Heti | February 2, 2021

Chang-rae Lee: Bourbon Doesn’t Work For Writer’s Block

Chang-rae Lee: Bourbon Doesn’t Work For Writer’s Block

A Conversation with the Author of My Year Abroad

By Literary Hub | February 2, 2021

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