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The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s <em>Carol</em>

The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s Carol

A Classic Review of Highsmith’s Groundbreaking Lesbian Romance Originally Published as The Price of Salt in 1952

By Book Marks | January 19, 2022

Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

“Baldwin loved her caustic wit.”

By Charles J. Shields | January 19, 2022

20 Famous Writers on Being Rejected

20 Famous Writers on Being Rejected

"The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so."

By Emily Temple | January 19, 2022

My Little Drug Story: David Sanchez on (Begrudgingly) Turning to Autofiction

My Little Drug Story: David Sanchez on (Begrudgingly) Turning to Autofiction

On Addiction Tropes, “Grittiness,” and the Freedom to Focus on Ideas

By David Sanchez | January 19, 2022

Excavating Emily: Janice P. Nimura on What Draws Biographers to Certain Lives

Excavating Emily: Janice P. Nimura on What Draws Biographers to Certain Lives

And Why Some Mysteries Have to Stay That Way

By Janice P. Nimura | January 19, 2022

The Blurry Boundaries of Sibling Intimacy: A Reading List

The Blurry Boundaries of Sibling Intimacy: A Reading List

Sara Freeman on Dorothy Baker, Ian McEwan, Daisy Johnson, and More

By Sara Freeman | January 18, 2022

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Watching My Neighbor Totoro on the Eve of My Daughters’ Omicron-Surge Return to School

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Michael Bazzett on the Role of Comedy in His Poetry

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Elizabeth McCracken on Anna Karenina, Yiyun Li, and Hating The Velveteen Rabbit

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Mallory Smart on Her Multilayered Career as an Author and Publisher

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In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | January 18, 2022

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

"In putting race and aesthetics in conversation with one another, Locke forever changed our understanding of both.”

By Jeffrey C. Stewart | January 18, 2022

Tom Lutz of <em>Los Angeles Review of Books</em> on Criticism in the 21st Century

Tom Lutz of Los Angeles Review of Books on Criticism in the 21st Century

On a Decade of Supporting “Long, Intellectually Challenging Work”

By Literary Hub | January 18, 2022

How Brad Taylor Applies His Decades in the US Military to Writing Novels

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 18, 2022

Annie Dillard on How Writers Learn to Trust Instinct

Annie Dillard on How Writers Learn to Trust Instinct

“Original writing fashions a form.”

By Annie Dillard | January 14, 2022

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

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

Featuring new titles by Hanya Yanagihara, Bernard MacLaverty, Jami Attenberg, Carl Bernstein, and more

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Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on Writing on Your Own Terms

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“When the publishing industry decides, our work suffers.”

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