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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

Literary Disco Discusses Shruti Swamy's

Literary Disco Discusses Shruti Swamy's "The Neighbors"

Julia, Rider, and Tod on the Artful Short Story

By Literary Disco | February 2, 2021

Who Are the Mean Girls<br> in Literature?

Who Are the Mean Girls
in Literature?

Ellie Eaton Names Caroline Bingely, Vittoria, and Many More

By Ellie Eaton | February 1, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • Departure(s)
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood

Why Nature Always Makes for the Best Antagonist

By Susan Meissner | February 1, 2021

How Should a Person Write
About the Internet?

By Emily Temple | February 1, 2021

Searching for Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's Would-Be Suitor, Tom Lefroy

By History of Literature | February 1, 2021

Mateo Askaripour on the Toll of Racism in the Workplace

Mateo Askaripour on the Toll of Racism in the Workplace

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 1, 2021

How Come We Don’t Know More About the Largest Labor Battle in the History of the United States?

How Come We Don’t Know More About the Largest Labor Battle in the History of the United States?

Jeffrey Webb Revisits the Battle for Blair Mountain

By Jeffrey Webb | January 29, 2021

10 pictures of young Chekhov, ranked by hotness.

10 pictures of young Chekhov, ranked by hotness.

By Jonny Diamond | January 29, 2021

Leave No Trace: Can We Ever Enjoy the Wilderness Without Destroying It?

Leave No Trace: Can We Ever Enjoy the Wilderness Without Destroying It?

Todd Robert Petersen on the Impossible Balancing of Preservation, Leisure, and Weirdness

By Todd Robert Petersen | January 29, 2021

What Fiction Can Teach Journalists: A Reading List From Maurice Chammah

What Fiction Can Teach Journalists: A Reading List From Maurice Chammah

Using Literary Techniques to Write True—and Urgent—Stories

By Maurice Chammah | January 29, 2021

The Best Reviewed Books<br> of the Month

The Best Reviewed Books
of the Month

Featuring new titles by Joan Didion, Robert Jones Jr., Tove Ditlevsen, George Saunders, and more

By Book Marks | January 29, 2021

‘Why are you making up a story?’ Édouard Louis on the Ghosts at His Writing Table

‘Why are you making up a story?’ Édouard Louis on the Ghosts at His Writing Table

In Conversation with Nadifa Mohamed on How to Proceed

By How to Proceed | January 29, 2021

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