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It is 1979 and Ludvík Vaculík Has a Terrible Case of Writer's Block

It is 1979 and Ludvík Vaculík Has a Terrible Case of Writer's Block

Diary Entries from Communist Czechoslovakia

By Ludvík Vaculík | January 29, 2020

Belletrist Studio Sessions: <br>Mira Jacob on Drawing the America She Loves

Belletrist Studio Sessions:
Mira Jacob on Drawing the America She Loves

Behind the Scenes with the Author of Good Talk

By Literary Hub | January 28, 2020

The Machines Are Coming, and They Write Really Bad Poetry

The Machines Are Coming, and They Write Really Bad Poetry

(But Don't Tell Them We Said So)

By Dennis Tang | January 27, 2020

Rewiring the American Mind: On Tracy K. Smith and the Future of America’s Civic Identity

Rewiring the American Mind: On Tracy K. Smith and the Future of America’s Civic Identity

Jonathan Reiber Considers the State of the Union in the Most Important Election Year in Its History

By Jonathan Reiber | January 27, 2020

Did Tolkien Write <em>The Lord of the Rings</em> Because He Was Avoiding His Academic Work?

Did Tolkien Write The Lord of the Rings Because He Was Avoiding His Academic Work?

How a Literary Icon Always Felt Guilty About His
Failings With Chaucer

By John M. Bowers | January 27, 2020

Patrick Modiano on the Bookshop Owner Who Escaped the Nazis

Patrick Modiano on the Bookshop Owner Who Escaped the Nazis

Françoise Frenkel's No Place to Lay One’s Head Belongs in the Company of Literary Giants

By Patrick Modiano | January 27, 2020

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Silence at the Border: Telling the Hard Stories of Undocumented Immigration

By Javier Zamora | January 24, 2020

How, Exactly, Does Neuroscience Account for the Way We See Color?

By Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks | January 24, 2020

How Does Garth Greenwell Make Such Wonderful Sentences?

By Christian Kiefer | January 23, 2020

What Neapolitans Understand About Death (Better Than Most)

What Neapolitans Understand About Death (Better Than Most)

Lucia Benavides on Confronting That Deepest of Human Fears

By Lucia Benavides | January 23, 2020

Everyone Can Be a Book Reviewer. Should They Be?

Everyone Can Be a Book Reviewer. Should They Be?

Phillipa Chong Surveys Professional Book Critics

By Phillipa K. Chong | January 23, 2020

Wole Soyinka on Yoruba Weddings, Nigerian Movies, and Making Traditions New

Wole Soyinka on Yoruba Weddings, Nigerian Movies, and Making Traditions New

The Danger of Naming Art Before It Has Been Made

By Wole Soyinka | January 23, 2020

In Search of Los Angeles Magic: Retracing Weetzie Bat's Steps with Francesca Lia Block

In Search of Los Angeles Magic: Retracing Weetzie Bat's Steps with Francesca Lia Block

Cynthia Drake Spends the Day in the World of a YA Cult Classic

By Cynthia Drake | January 22, 2020

Battling the False Narratives Around Australia's Devastating Bushfires

Battling the False Narratives Around Australia's Devastating Bushfires

Jennifer Mills on the Writer's Responsibility

By Jennifer Mills | January 22, 2020

Rediscovering the Lost Power<br> of Reading Aloud

Rediscovering the Lost Power
of Reading Aloud

Meghan Cox Gurdon Traces the History of Oral Storytelling

By Meghan Cox Gurdon | January 22, 2020

Isaac Bashevis Singer on the Particular Wonders of Writing<br> in Yiddish

Isaac Bashevis Singer on the Particular Wonders of Writing
in Yiddish

An Iconic American Writer on an Oft-Misunderstood Language

By Isaac Bashevis Singer | January 22, 2020

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