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Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Leora Fridman on Takis Würger’s Controversial Novel, Stella

By Leora Fridman | March 8, 2021

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into<br> Sublime Horror

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into
Sublime Horror

Eugene Thacker on the 1907 Novella The Willows

By Eugene Thacker | March 8, 2021

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Megan Nolan Recommends Jeffrey Eugenides, John Irving, 
Oyinkan Braithwaite, and More

By Megan Nolan | March 8, 2021

Writing Through the Microscope: Intimate Versus Epic Narration

Writing Through the Microscope: Intimate Versus Epic Narration

Gabriela Houston on Finding the Right Scale in Fiction

By Gabriela Houston | March 8, 2021

Betina González on Economic Precarity, End Times, and<br> Killer Deer

Betina González on Economic Precarity, End Times, and
Killer Deer

The Author of American Delirium Speaks With Yuri Herrera

By Yuri Herrera | March 8, 2021

George Saunders on Thinking of Story as Ceremony

George Saunders on Thinking of Story as Ceremony

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 8, 2021

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This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Nicole R. Fleetwood

By J. Howard Rosier | March 8, 2021

The Publisher Who Transformed the Careers of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams

By Alan M. Klein | March 5, 2021

How Do You Keep a Novel Alive When It Keeps Trying To Die?

By Kate Hope Day | March 5, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Homie</em> by Danez Smith

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Homie by Danez Smith

Diego Báez on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Diego Báez | March 5, 2021

Carol Edgarian: ‘Every Book, You Have to Woo Your <br>Readers Again’

Carol Edgarian: ‘Every Book, You Have to Woo Your
Readers Again’

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | March 5, 2021

Being a Writer When You Literally Cannot<br> Visualize Scenes

Being a Writer When You Literally Cannot
Visualize Scenes

Alexandra Oliva on Aphantasia, the Joys of Voice, and Scenic Details

By Alexandra Oliva | March 4, 2021

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

Chris Whitaker Recommends Harper Lee, Angie Thomas, and More

By Chris Whitaker | March 4, 2021

Dealing with Mysterious Pain While Being a Writer

Dealing with Mysterious Pain While Being a Writer

Sara Davis on Finding Literary Help from an Unlikely Figure

By Sara Davis | March 4, 2021

Anakana Schofield: ‘I Wanted to Write a Book Unabashedly and Unapologetically for Women’

Anakana Schofield: ‘I Wanted to Write a Book Unabashedly and Unapologetically for Women’

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | March 4, 2021

Family Separation and Reconciliation in Cecile Pineda's Anti-Memoir

Family Separation and Reconciliation in Cecile Pineda's Anti-Memoir

Jeff Biggers Interviews Pineda on Entry Without Inspection

By Jeff Biggers | March 4, 2021

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