Looking for God in the Writing of Denis Johnson

Looking for God in the Writing of Denis Johnson

"Eternity, in Johnson’s work, is a thing you can hold in your hands."

By Aaron Thier | December 5, 2018

The Scientists' Writing Group: Finding Community in a Burning World

The Scientists' Writing Group: Finding Community in a Burning World

Lauren E. Oakes and Emily Polk on Discovering Trust and Courage

By Lauren E. Oakes and Emily Polk | December 4, 2018

What Was Virginia Woolf Looking for in the Night Sky?

What Was Virginia Woolf Looking for in the Night Sky?

On Her Obsession with Astronomy

By Josh Wilbur | December 4, 2018

Preti Taneja on

Preti Taneja on "Translating" Shakespeare Into Her Novel

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin and Drew Broussard on
So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | December 4, 2018

If I Miss a Writing Day, I Have to Pay Donald Trump

If I Miss a Writing Day, I Have to Pay Donald Trump

How Tommy Schnurmacher Defeated Writerly Procrastination

By Tommy Schnurmacher | December 3, 2018

Elizabeth Khuri Chandler Tells the Origin Story of Goodreads

Elizabeth Khuri Chandler Tells the Origin Story of Goodreads

In Conversation With Will Schwalbe on But That's Another Story

By But That's Another Story | December 3, 2018

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The Avid Reader: Helen Schulman on <em>As I Lay Dying</em>

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Are There Lessons to Be Learned from the Protests of the 1960s?

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Clara Bingham Talks to Adam Nemett About His Novel, We Can Save Us All

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10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

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"Like the ghostwriter, the translator must slip on a second skin."

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Her Private Space: On Brigid Hughes, Editor

Her Private Space: On Brigid Hughes, Editor

“The writers working away from the mainstream are often the most exciting ones.”

By Madelaine Lucas | November 28, 2018

Reading Across America: How Do You Take a Reading Series to the Next Level?

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Dead Rabbits, from an Idea to a Community and a Press

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