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

What Does It Mean to Write a Political Novel?

What Does It Mean to Write a Political Novel?

Tobias Carroll: When Fury Meets Fiction

By Tobias Carroll | February 4, 2021

On the Complexities of Motherhood: A Reading List

On the Complexities of Motherhood: A Reading List

Avni Doshi Recommends Jhumpa Lahiri, Rachel Cusk, and More

By Avni Doshi | February 4, 2021

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

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

Lauren Marino on the Spaces of Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, and Others

By Lauren Marino | February 4, 2021

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How Writing a Book Within a Book Saved My Novel

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

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

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

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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’

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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

Reading My Way Through a Pandemic with Post-Apocalyptic Literature

Reading My Way Through a Pandemic with Post-Apocalyptic Literature

Maria Andreu: "Books really do prepare you for the worst, even if it’s not always in the way you think."

By Maria E. Andreu | February 3, 2021

Eileen Myles on Approaching Writing Like a Game of Hearts

Eileen Myles on Approaching Writing Like a Game of Hearts

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | February 3, 2021

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

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