The Benefits of People-Watching: How My Weird Subway Ritual Became a Storytelling Device

The Benefits of People-Watching: How My Weird Subway Ritual Became a Storytelling Device

Nora Zelevansky on Letting Daily Observations Spark the Imagination and Inform Her Writing

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Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

The Author of We Want What We Want Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | July 27, 2021

8 Books About the Messiness and Beauty of Queer Life

8 Books About the Messiness and Beauty of Queer Life

Amanda Kabak Recommends Sarah Waters, Michael Cunningham, and More

By Amanda Kabak | July 27, 2021

WATCH: Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

WATCH: Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

Introducing the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 27, 2021

20 new books to get you through the week.

20 new books to get you through the week.

By Katie Yee | July 27, 2021

Mary Jo Bang Wonders Why It Takes So Long to Meet Beatrice in Dante’s <em>Inferno</em>

Mary Jo Bang Wonders Why It Takes So Long to Meet Beatrice in Dante’s Inferno

Considering the Scarcity of Female Characters in the Cantos

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Meg Tilly on the Crossover Between Acting in Thrillers and Writing Them

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WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

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Revisiting Raymond Chandler’s most iconic lines.

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What the Animal World Can Teach Us About Human Nature

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A Conversation Between Carl Safina and Nick McDonell

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WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

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Toward a Syllabus for Modern Grieving

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From Yaa Gyasi to Joan Silber Beth Kissileff Finds Consolation in Reading

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Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Geoff Rodkey on Accepting the Realities of Civilization-Ending Calamity

By Geoff Rodkey | July 23, 2021

Translating at the Blurred Edge of Memoir and Fiction

Translating at the Blurred Edge of Memoir and Fiction

K.E. Semmel on Mathilde Walter Clark’s Lone Star

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