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Why Should We Read Unfinished Novels?

Why Should We Read Unfinished Novels?

Matthew Redmond on Fragments of Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and More

By Matthew Redmond | January 22, 2021

Katrina vanden Heuvel: ‘A Great Nation Doesn’t Need to Boast’

Katrina vanden Heuvel: ‘A Great Nation Doesn’t Need to Boast’

In Conversation with Walter Mosley on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 22, 2021

Martín Espada on Framing the Present Through the Lens of the Past

Martín Espada on Framing the Present Through the Lens of the Past

The Author of Floaters in Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | January 22, 2021

On Heartbreak, Absence, and Falling in Love with <em>The Great Gatsby</em>

On Heartbreak, Absence, and Falling in Love with The Great Gatsby

David Stuart MacLean Charts the Path to His Gatsby-Inspired Novel

By David Stuart MacLean | January 21, 2021

Mateo Askaripour on the Manifest Destiny of Startups

Mateo Askaripour on the Manifest Destiny of Startups

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 21, 2021

Paul Coates on Finding Hope—and Doubt—in the Present Moment

Paul Coates on Finding Hope—and Doubt—in the Present Moment

In Conversation with Walter Mosley on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 21, 2021

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Resisting the Badge of ‘Resilience’ in the Wake of a Devastating Loss

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Rob Doyle: What Happened to Expecting Candor from Writers?

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 20, 2021

R. F. Kuang: How a Hidden History Became a Fantasy Trilogy

R. F. Kuang: How a Hidden History Became a Fantasy Trilogy

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | January 20, 2021

Catherine Lacey on the Religious Experience of Reading the Right Book at the Right Time

Catherine Lacey on the Religious Experience of Reading the Right Book at the Right Time

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By Thresholds | January 20, 2021

Patricia Highsmith’s Confessions and Rebellions at Yaddo

Patricia Highsmith’s Confessions and Rebellions at Yaddo

Richard Bradford on Strange Times at the Legendary Writers’ Retreat

By Richard Bradford | January 19, 2021

25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

Rethinking Popular Assumptions of Fiction Writing

By Matthew Salesses | January 19, 2021

Mark Wunderlich on the Resurrecting Powers of Poetry

Mark Wunderlich on the Resurrecting Powers of Poetry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 19, 2021

Yiyun Li on the Brilliance of Bette Howland

Yiyun Li on the Brilliance of Bette Howland

"Howland wrote a book that I thought was impossible to write."

By Yiyun Li | January 15, 2021

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