You Can't Teach High School English Without Hope

You Can't Teach High School English Without Hope

Nick Ripatrazone Talks to Melissa Grandel, the 2020 Missouri
Teacher of the Year

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 24, 2020

Jean Genet on the Hidden Heart of Jean Cocteau

Jean Genet on the Hidden Heart of Jean Cocteau

"He is not a witch, he is bewitched.”

By Jean Genet | February 24, 2020

Why I Hide From Writerly Dread in the Pages of Self-Help

Why I Hide From Writerly Dread in the Pages of Self-Help

Chelsea Leu on the Seductions and Limitations of a Billion-Dollar Genre

By Chelsea Leu | February 21, 2020

On the Lost Lyric Poetry of<br> Amelia Earhart

On the Lost Lyric Poetry of
Amelia Earhart

A Missing Pilot and Her Poems

By Traci Brimhall | February 21, 2020

Danez Smith: 'Being a Poet Means Committing to Vulnerability'

Danez Smith: 'Being a Poet Means Committing to Vulnerability'

In Conversation with the Author of Homie

By Sheila Regan | February 21, 2020

Relearning to Write After Law School Buried My Voice

Relearning to Write After Law School Buried My Voice

Akhila Kolisetty on the Stories Our Legal System Asks Us to Tell

By Akhila Kolisetty | February 21, 2020

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Victoria Chang on the Self
and Its Many Deaths

By Peter Mishler | February 21, 2020

In 2020's Emma., Emma Woodhouse Raids Cher Horowitz's Wardrobe

By Emily Temple | February 20, 2020

Authors Guild releases grim 50-page report on “The Profession of the Author in the 21st Century”

By Jonny Diamond | February 19, 2020

In which a very blasé Carson McCullers gets interviewed on a ship.

In which a very blasé Carson McCullers gets interviewed on a ship.

By Emily Temple | February 19, 2020

I regret to inform you that Miss Havisham, Dickens’ embittered crone, is actually only . . . 40.

I regret to inform you that Miss Havisham, Dickens’ embittered crone, is actually only . . . 40.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 19, 2020

Brandon Taylor, Reluctant Novelist

Brandon Taylor, Reluctant Novelist

When a Short Story Writer Goes Long

By Brandon Taylor | February 18, 2020

The Romanticized Belle Epoque in Paris Was an Age of Political Crisis

The Romanticized Belle Epoque in Paris Was an Age of Political Crisis

Julian Barnes on Fake News, Religious Tension, and "Gangster Imperialism" Abounded

By Julian Barnes | February 18, 2020

You Can Blame Geoffrey Chaucer for Valentine's Day

You Can Blame Geoffrey Chaucer for Valentine's Day

But Probably Not For Your Loneliness

By Emily Temple | February 14, 2020

In Renouncing the Myths of Old California, Did Joan Didion Deflect Responsibility?

In Renouncing the Myths of Old California, Did Joan Didion Deflect Responsibility?

Michelle Chihara Digs Through the Didion Family's Land Records

By Michelle Chihara | February 14, 2020

Few Were As Devoted to Poetry and Friendship as Harry Mathews

Few Were As Devoted to Poetry and Friendship as Harry Mathews

Arlo Haskell Remembers An Iconic Writer and Dear Friend

By Literary Hub | February 13, 2020

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