• Craft and Criticism

    Essay

    Contemplating the Infinite with Annie Dillard

    By John Freeman  March 10, 2016
    Essay

    Yes, She Reads Everything: Pico Iyer on Annie Dillard

    By Pico Iyer  March 10, 2016
    Conversations

    “Reader, I Married Him”: An Interview with Tracy Chevalier

    By Bethanne Patrick  March 9, 2016
    Conversations

    The Women of the World Poetry Slam Comes to Brooklyn

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  March 9, 2016
    Roundtable

    The High School English Teacher Who Changed My Life

    By Nick Ripatrazone  March 8, 2016
    Essay

    On the Deep Disquiet of Finishing Your Book

    By Jonathan Lee  March 8, 2016
    Essay

    The Things We Do to Promote the Books We Write

    By Summer Brennan  March 8, 2016
    Criticism

    Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

    By Anita Huslin  March 7, 2016
    Criticism

    The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

    By Devoney Looser  March 4, 2016
    What to Read

    102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  March 4, 2016
    Conversations

    Do Artists Still Find Inspiration in Literature?

    By Catherine Talese  March 4, 2016
    Advice

    The Diminishing Returns of Freelance Magazine Writing

    By Kent Russell  March 3, 2016
    What to Read

    The Grumpy Librarian: Embrace the Middlebrow

    By Caitlin Goodman  March 3, 2016
    Events

    The Rise of the Cuban Literati: In Sunshine and In Shadow

    By Tillman Miller  March 2, 2016
    Conversations

    Race, Theft, and the Magic of Electricity in Rural Alabama

    By Trisha Ping  March 1, 2016
    Criticism

    Michel de Montaigne, Time Traveler

    By Hannah Brooks-Motl  February 29, 2016
    Conversations

    Want to Win an Oscar? Base Your Movie on a Book

    By Brangien Davis  February 26, 2016
    Advice

    Dear Rick Moody: Should I Tell Them I Love Them?

    By Rick Moody  February 26, 2016
    Essay

    Writing While Translating

    By Idra Novey  February 25, 2016
    Design

    Secrets of the Book Designer: Falling in Love With a Book, Taking a Risk

    By Janet Hansen  February 25, 2016
    Poets

    Walt Whitman is Dead, I’m Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

    By J. Aaron Sanders  February 25, 2016
    Travel

    Why I Became a Travel Writer

    By John Gimlette  February 24, 2016
    Conversations

    Speaking Your Truth: An Interview with Joyce Maynard

    By Bethanne Patrick  February 24, 2016
    Conversations

    Librarian Confidential: Katie Dunneback

    By Literary Hub  February 24, 2016
    Translation

    “Seriously Funny” German Literature. Seriously.

    By Charles Shafaieh  February 24, 2016
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