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On Sylvia Plath's Creative Breakthrough at the Yaddo Artists' Colony

On Sylvia Plath's Creative Breakthrough at the Yaddo Artists' Colony

Good Things Happen When Writers Can Escape the World's Demands

By Heather Clark | October 28, 2020

Driving by the Lake With John Ashbery

Driving by the Lake With John Ashbery

Douglas Crase Remembers Precious Time Spent with a Great Poet

By Douglas Crase | October 28, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, October Edition

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, October Edition

Of Malcolm X, Sylvia Plath, Abraham Lincoln, and more

By Book Marks | October 28, 2020

On the Fine Line Between Antagonist and Love Interest in Nella Larsen's <em>Passing</em>

On the Fine Line Between Antagonist and Love Interest in Nella Larsen's Passing

Megan Abbott Talks to Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | October 28, 2020

Baba Yaga Will Answer Your Questions About Life, Love, and Belonging

Baba Yaga Will Answer Your Questions About Life, Love, and Belonging

We Could All Use a Little More Slavic Witch in Our Lives

By Taisia Kitaiskaia | October 28, 2020

R. O. Kwon on Keeping Faith in the Writing Process

R. O. Kwon on Keeping Faith in the Writing Process

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | October 28, 2020

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16 new books to buy from your local indie bookstore this week.

By Katie Yee | October 27, 2020

Hilary Mantel on How Writers Learn to Trust Themselves

By Hilary Mantel | October 27, 2020

The 50 Greatest Apocalypse Novels

By Emily Temple | October 27, 2020

Poet Pamela Sneed On Artistic Process, Black Queer Writers, and Her Latest Work

Poet Pamela Sneed On Artistic Process, Black Queer Writers, and Her Latest Work

In Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | October 27, 2020

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, October Edition

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, October Edition

Chronicles of Lincoln and John Brown, Mid-Century Nuclear Roulette, the Golden Age of Egyptology, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2020

Paul Kingsnorth's Transhuman Apocalypse Unfolds in an Old English Fenland

Paul Kingsnorth's Transhuman Apocalypse Unfolds in an Old English Fenland

Ellie Robins Talks to the Author of Alexandria About Language, Essence, and Violence

By Ellie Robins | October 27, 2020

Revisiting the Perennially Creepy <em>House of Leaves</em>

Revisiting the Perennially Creepy House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski Guests on the So Many Damn Books Podcast

By So Many Damn Books | October 27, 2020

A Book to Conjure Nature, When We<br> Need It Most

A Book to Conjure Nature, When We
Need It Most

In Conversation with Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris About The Lost Spells

By Jonny Diamond | October 26, 2020

Michiko Kakutani on <br>Why We Love Books

Michiko Kakutani on
Why We Love Books

And on Relevance of Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism Today

By Michiko Kakutani | October 26, 2020

On Patrick Modiano and Perfecting the Art of Repetition

On Patrick Modiano and Perfecting the Art of Repetition

Mark Polizzotti Considers a Writing Career That
Comprises a "Single Work"

By Mark Polizzoti | October 26, 2020

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