• Craft and Criticism

    Close Reading

    On the Surreal Genius of Kelly Link

    By Laura I. Miller  July 2, 2015
    Novelists

    Etgar Keret: A Photo Diary of NYC

    By Etgar Keret  July 2, 2015
    Essay

    The Ballad of Steinbjørn Jacobsen

    By Eric Wilson  July 1, 2015
    Excerpts

    Toward a Desegregated Literature

    By Calvin Baker  July 1, 2015
    Essay

    Bohumil Hrabal: Of Beer, Whores, and Samizdat

    By Joshua Cohen  June 30, 2015
    Art

    The Perfect Covergirl

    By Naomi Jackson  June 29, 2015
    Conversation

    Interview with a Bookstore: The Strand

    By Interview with a Bookstore  June 29, 2015
    Essay

    Why I Broke Up With My Novel to Write a Memoir

    By Joelle Renstrom  June 26, 2015
    Conversation

    Beyond Gay Marriage

    By Alexander Chee  June 26, 2015
    What to Read

    My Own Private Genre: Literary Manhunt

    By Nicola DeRobertis-Theye  June 26, 2015
    Excerpts

    Haruki Murakami: The Moment I Became a Novelist

    By Haruki Murakami  June 25, 2015
    Conversation

    Writing Your Way Back Home

    By Literary Hub  June 24, 2015
    What to Read

    Five Quebecois Writers You Should Know

    By Steven Beattie  June 24, 2015
    What to Read

    Ten Great Writers
    Nobody Reads

    By Stephen Sparks  June 24, 2015
    Where to Go

    A Literary Night in West Philadelphia

    By Zinzi Clemmons  June 23, 2015
    Conversation

    The Quiet Rebels of Russian Translation

    By Paris Review  June 22, 2015
    Conversation

    Interview with a Bookstore: White Square Books

    By Interview with a Bookstore  June 22, 2015
    Essay

    The Book That Changed My Life

    By Malcolm Brooks  June 19, 2015
    Conversation

    Most Writers Are Nice, First Drafts Are Terrible

    By Newtonville Books  June 19, 2015
    Essay

    If Not Donny Osmond Then Maybe Someone Else

    By Jeff Oaks  June 18, 2015
    Essay

    When Nerds Play Sports

    By Erin Somers  June 18, 2015
    Excerpts

    Nell Zink’s ‘Mislaid’ in 10 Quotations

    By Oscar Van Gelderen  June 18, 2015
    Essay

    It Starts With Trouble: William Goyen and the Life of Writing

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 18, 2015
    Daily practice

    In Praise of the Book Tower

    By Susan Harlan  June 17, 2015
    Essay

    The Joy of Throwing Away An Entire Novel

    By Laura Dave  June 17, 2015
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