Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Doireann Ní Ghríofa's A Ghost in the Throat

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | August 26, 2021

Matthew Salesses: If We’re Going to Tell Stories About the World, We Need to Make Better Decisions

Matthew Salesses: If We’re Going to Tell Stories About the World, We Need to Make Better Decisions

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 26, 2021

Divine Intervention: 6 Books About Women Leaving Strict Religious Communities and Finding Themselves

Divine Intervention: 6 Books About Women Leaving Strict Religious Communities and Finding Themselves

Jaye Viner Recommends Narratives of Personal Exodus

By Jaye Viner | August 26, 2021

WATCH: Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett in Conversation with Joshua Henkin

WATCH: Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett in Conversation with Joshua Henkin

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 26, 2021

10 Short Stories with Great Dialogue That Aren’t “Hills Like White Elephants”

10 Short Stories with Great Dialogue That Aren’t “Hills Like White Elephants”

Do You Believe in Life After Hemingway?

By Emily Temple | August 25, 2021

On Finally Being Old Enough<br> to Love Proust

On Finally Being Old Enough
to Love Proust

Adam Bonislawski Finds Peace in Entropy at the Heart of a Literary Classic

By Adam Bonislawski | August 25, 2021

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Katie Crouch in Praise of the Not-Perfectly-Plotted Novel

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Charlie Jane Anders and Becky Chambers on the Power of Storytelling (and Tea!)

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"No revision, no second thoughts. Already I am terrified." Jean Rhys on writing and life.

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Breaking news: Men still don't know how to write women.

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Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on Writing Place and Juggling Projects

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Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

By Jane Ciabattari | August 24, 2021

JRR Tolkien Invented the Term “Eucatastrophe.” What Does It Mean?

JRR Tolkien Invented the Term “Eucatastrophe.” What Does It Mean?

Jonathan Walker on the Consequences of Christian Narrative

By Jonathan Walker | August 24, 2021

The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

Arthur Sze, Lia Purpura, and More Writers Choose Their Favorites

By Christopher Cox | August 23, 2021

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

Remembering a Dear Friend Through His Work

By Francine Prose | August 23, 2021

Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life

Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life

Steve Edwards on Kathryn Schulz, Donald Hall, and the Things We Miss

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