How Much Did James Joyce Base

How Much Did James Joyce Base "The Dead" on His Own Family?

Colm Tóibín on the Greatest Short Story Ever Written

By Colm Tóibín | October 30, 2018

Meg Wolitzer and Andre Dubus III on What It's Like to Write a Novel

Meg Wolitzer and Andre Dubus III on What It's Like to Write a Novel

A Conversation on Curiosity, Empathy, and How to Start...

By Literary Hub | October 30, 2018

Literary Hoax is the Most Underappreciated Genre

Literary Hoax is the Most Underappreciated Genre

From James Macpherson to Lee Israel to JT LeRoy, It's All Good

By J.W. McCormack | October 30, 2018

The Radical Moralist: On Lionel Trilling's Literary Criticism

The Radical Moralist: On Lionel Trilling's Literary Criticism

Writing in the Cusp of the Victorian and Modern

By Adam Kirsch | October 30, 2018

Meet National Book Award Finalist Leslie Connor

Meet National Book Award Finalist Leslie Connor

The Author of The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle on Short Sentences
and Dedicated Daydreaming

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2018

Meet National Book Award Finalist Christopher Paul Curtis

Meet National Book Award Finalist Christopher Paul Curtis

The Author of The Journey of Little Charlie on Writer's Block and Coaching in the Minor Leagues

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2018

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Why Contemporary Art (and Literature) Needs More Sarcastic Critics

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In Gratitude for the Fierce Women of the World

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Meet National Book Award Finalists M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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Meet National Book Award Finalist Elizabeth Acevedo

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elizabeth Acevedo

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By Emily Temple | October 29, 2018

Are You Misusing These Common Words?

Are You Misusing These Common Words?

On the Rules of Usage You Might Be Breaking

By Charles Harrington Elster | October 25, 2018

What It Means to Write About Motherhood, Part Two

What It Means to Write About Motherhood, Part Two

With Kim Brooks, Rumaan Alam, Sheila Heti, Meaghan O'Connell
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What It Means to Write About Motherhood, Part One

What It Means to Write About Motherhood, Part One

With Kim Brooks, Rumaan Alam, Sheila Heti, Meaghan O'Connell and Jessica Friedmann

By Literary Hub | October 24, 2018

A Brief History of Sci-Fi's Love Affair With the Red Planet

A Brief History of Sci-Fi's Love Affair With the Red Planet

It's Oh So Close, and Yet So Far

By Mike Ashley | October 24, 2018

The Year I Stopped Reading White People

The Year I Stopped Reading White People

Jerome Blanco on the Power of Writing What You Know

By Jerome Blanco | October 24, 2018

The Psychiatrist Who Tried To Save Sylvia Plath

The Psychiatrist Who Tried To Save Sylvia Plath

Paul Alexander on the Real "Doctor Nolan"

By Paul Alexander | October 23, 2018

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