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On the Watery Language of <em>Finnegans Wake</em>

On the Watery Language of Finnegans Wake

This Week on Finnegan and Friends, a Podcast About the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | April 15, 2021

How Ashley Bryan’s 40-Year Secret Inspired the Category-Defying <em>Infinite Hope</em>

How Ashley Bryan’s 40-Year Secret Inspired the Category-Defying Infinite Hope

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | April 15, 2021

UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ on Creating Institutional Change from Within

UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ on Creating Institutional Change from Within

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | April 15, 2021

On the Literature of Rewilding… and the Need to Rewild Literature

On the Literature of Rewilding… and the Need to Rewild Literature

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones Finds Non-Human Perspectives in Max Porter, Sarah Hall, Daisy Johnson, and More

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | April 14, 2021

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of <em>Midnight’s Children</em>, <br>Forty Years Later

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of Midnight’s Children,
Forty Years Later

“I wanted to write a novel of vaulting ambition, a high-wire act with no safety net, an all-or-nothing effort.”

By Salman Rushdie | April 14, 2021

Jonathan Lethem on the Rich Lives of Jaime Clarke’s Minor Literary Characters

Jonathan Lethem on the Rich Lives of Jaime Clarke’s Minor Literary Characters

“He has done more, even, than Vonnegut in setting
his characters free.”

By Jonathan Lethem | April 14, 2021

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Bolu Babalola on Love as a Guiding Force That Illuminates Our Humanity

By Rasheeda Saka | April 14, 2021

Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

By Alex Thomas | April 14, 2021

On the Absolute Chaos of Modern Dating: A Reading List

By Katherine Heiny | April 14, 2021

Quan Barry on the Possibilities of Magical Realism

Quan Barry on the Possibilities of Magical Realism

This Week on the Reading Women Podcast with Kendra Winchester

By Reading Women | April 14, 2021

Jordan Kisner on Obsession Versus Possession in <em>Thin Places</em>

Jordan Kisner on Obsession Versus Possession in Thin Places

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | April 14, 2021

Shannon McLeod on Letting Go of Saving the Cat

Shannon McLeod on Letting Go of Saving the Cat

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 14, 2021

Leaning into Mystery: On the Inner Life of an Aging<br> Shelter Dog

Leaning into Mystery: On the Inner Life of an Aging
Shelter Dog

JoAnne Tompkins Considers the Resilience, Strength, and Companionship of a Beloved Pet

By JoAnne Tompkins | April 13, 2021

15 Writing (and Life) Lessons from Finishing Two Novels That Didn't Sell

15 Writing (and Life) Lessons from Finishing Two Novels That Didn't Sell

Maria Kuznetsova on Perseverance, Self-Plagiarism, and Gratitude

By Maria Kuznetsova | April 13, 2021

Lit Hub Asks: 4 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 4 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Nathaniel Rich, Nimmi Gowrinathan, and More

By Teddy Wayne | April 13, 2021

Jamie Figueroa on Writing in the Shadow of a Dominant Culture

Jamie Figueroa on Writing in the Shadow of a Dominant Culture

The author of Brother, Sister, Mother Explorer Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | April 13, 2021

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