On the Lies We Tell in Fiction

On the Lies We Tell in Fiction

Ruth Gilligan Tells Tales of Cattle Butchers and Ancient Curses

By Ruth Gilligan | November 10, 2020

Why are we so hungry for books about cannibals?

Why are we so hungry for books about cannibals?

By Katie Yee | November 9, 2020

Down the Wormhole with Jonathan Lethem: On Male Complicity and Publishing in a Pandemic

Down the Wormhole with Jonathan Lethem: On Male Complicity and Publishing in a Pandemic

Brian Gresko Profiles the Author of The Arrest

By Brian Gresko | November 9, 2020

Shirley Hazzard's Heroines and the World That<br> Misunderstood Them

Shirley Hazzard's Heroines and the World That
Misunderstood Them

Zoë Heller on the Collected Stories

By Zoë Heller | November 9, 2020

Bryan Washington on Giving His Characters the Capacity for Love, Even When They Don't Have the Language for It

Bryan Washington on Giving His Characters the Capacity for Love, Even When They Don't Have the Language for It

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 9, 2020

Poet Vijay Seshadri on Loss and Writing as Therapy

Poet Vijay Seshadri on Loss and Writing as Therapy

The Author of 3 Sections Talks to Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | November 9, 2020

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How Claire Malroux's Translations of Emily Dickinson Shaped Her Own Poetry

By Marilyn Hacker | November 9, 2020

The History of Romance Novels, a Billion-Dollar Industry

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No One Gets Sylvia Plath

By Emily Van Duyne | November 6, 2020

Karen Russell on Fatal Insomnia and the Demons of Our Dreams

Karen Russell on Fatal Insomnia and the Demons of Our Dreams

From the Bookable Podcast with Author Amanda Stern

By Bookable | November 6, 2020

Leanne Hall Examines Her Problematic Childhood Fave

Leanne Hall Examines Her Problematic Childhood Fave

On Forming Intense Friendships with Fictional Characters

By Leanne Hall | November 6, 2020

Sandra Cisneros on the Me Too Movement, Narrative Voice, and <em>The House on Mango Street</em>

Sandra Cisneros on the Me Too Movement, Narrative Voice, and The House on Mango Street

In Conversation with Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera

By Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera | November 6, 2020

Elisa Wouk Almino on Beloved Brazilian Poet <br>Ana Cristina Cesar

Elisa Wouk Almino on Beloved Brazilian Poet
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A Writer in Search of "the Tyranny of Inspiration.”

By Elisa Wouk Almino | November 6, 2020

In Praise of Bob Dylan’s Narrative Strategies…<br> and His Verbs

In Praise of Bob Dylan’s Narrative Strategies…
and His Verbs

Tony Conniff Goes Deep on "Tangled Up in Blue"

By Tony Conniff | November 6, 2020

P. Djèlí Clark Imagines the Monstrous Creation of the Second Ku Klux Klan

P. Djèlí Clark Imagines the Monstrous Creation of the Second Ku Klux Klan

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 6, 2020

A Brief History of Citational Fiction and the Literary Supercut

A Brief History of Citational Fiction and the Literary Supercut

Tom Comitta on the Stigmas and Innovations of Reappropriation

By Tom Comitta | November 5, 2020

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