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Joseph Luzzi on Finding Inspiration Through His Mother’s Storytelling

Joseph Luzzi on Finding Inspiration Through His Mother’s Storytelling

“And so she held forth, the words pouring out of her in what would be her lone work and her masterpiece, the Book of Life.”

By Joseph Luzzi | October 19, 2026

How the Growing Role of Memoir in the Academy Offers a New Way to Teach Race and Gender

How the Growing Role of Memoir in the Academy Offers a New Way to Teach Race and Gender

A Conversation with Tiffany Gayle Chenault and Georgiann Davis

By Tiffany Gayle Chenault and Georgiann Davis | October 19, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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By Book Marks | October 16, 2026

What Three Recent Films Reveal About How We View Poets and Poetry

What Three Recent Films Reveal About How We View Poets and Poetry

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The Wild Robot Author Peter Brown on What Makes a Great Read-Aloud Book

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Will Maclean on F*cking Up a Notebook to Write a Novel

Will Maclean on F*cking Up a Notebook to Write a Novel

“The notebook is a refuge from the digital world.”

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My Body Is a Poem: Emily Hyland In Praise of a Poetics of Physicality

My Body Is a Poem: Emily Hyland In Praise of a Poetics of Physicality

“The embodied realm is eager for inquiry, if one is willing and interested.”

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The Annotated Nightstand: What David Naimon Is Reading Now, and Next

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Yiyun Li on Art, Fame, History, and <em>Music Against the Night</em>

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Is It or Isn’t It? How Generative AI is Poisoning the Literary Well For Everyone

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