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How Nellie Y. McKay Forged a Path for the Study of African American Literature

How Nellie Y. McKay Forged a Path for the Study of African American Literature

Shanna Greene Benjamin on the Broader Narrative of
Black Women’s Intellectualism

By Shanna Greene Benjamin | April 12, 2021

On Great Literary Loves and the Joyous, Complicated Brilliance of Walt Whitman

On Great Literary Loves and the Joyous, Complicated Brilliance of Walt Whitman

“The first experience of literary love tends, like the first experience of erotic love, to come in youth.”

By Mark Edmundson | April 9, 2021

Searching for Three Generations of Secrets at a French Chateau

Searching for Three Generations of Secrets at a French Chateau

Stephanie Dray on the Historical Mysteries of the
Chateau de Chavaniac

By Stephanie Dray | April 9, 2021

The Donald Barthelme Story Nobody Talks About But Everyone Should Read

The Donald Barthelme Story Nobody Talks About But Everyone Should Read

Emily Temple on the Masterful Use of Authorial Intrusion in “Rebecca”

By Emily Temple | April 9, 2021

On Dealing with Literary Rejection: The Importance of Letting Go and Moving On

On Dealing with Literary Rejection: The Importance of Letting Go and Moving On

Jessica Bacal Considers How Writers and Artists Deal
with Hearing “No”

By Jessica Bacal | April 9, 2021

A Secret, Symbolic History of Pomegranates

A Secret, Symbolic History of Pomegranates

Kate Lebo: “Cracking one open feels like lifting
the lid on a jewelry box.”

By Kate Lebo | April 9, 2021

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On the Years When Jane Austen Couldn't Write

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This Is Who We Are: Gish Jen and Peter Ho Davies on the Long History of Anti-Asian Racism in the US

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 8, 2021

The Imposition of Meaning: Lessons From J.M. Coetzee About the Humanity of Others

By Ben Martin | April 8, 2021

Amy Solomon and Aparna Nancherla on the Intersection of Comedy and Anxiety

Amy Solomon and Aparna Nancherla on the Intersection of Comedy and Anxiety

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | April 8, 2021

What a Sleep Specialist Has to Say About the Dreaminess of <em>Finnegans Wake</em>

What a Sleep Specialist Has to Say About the Dreaminess of Finnegans Wake

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

By The Cosmic Library | April 8, 2021

How 5 Books on Black Motherhood Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

How 5 Books on Black Motherhood Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

Morgan Jerkins Recommends Toni Morrison, Edward P. Jones, and More

By Morgan Jerkins | April 8, 2021

Hook the Reader and Hold Them: Why More Writers Should Study the Lessons of YA

Hook the Reader and Hold Them: Why More Writers Should Study the Lessons of YA

Donna Freitas on the Importance of Experimentation

By Donna Freitas | April 8, 2021

How Leonora Carrington’s Self-Portrait Helped Me Tell Her Story

How Leonora Carrington’s Self-Portrait Helped Me Tell Her Story

Michaela Carter on the Mysteries of Writing Breakthroughs

By Michaela Carter | April 8, 2021

Imaginary Histories: How Tolkien’s Fascination with Language Shaped His Literary World

Imaginary Histories: How Tolkien’s Fascination with Language Shaped His Literary World

Damien Bador on the Origins of a Fantasy Classic

By Damien Bador | April 8, 2021

Jasmine Mans on Finding Her Voice as a Spoken Word Poet

Jasmine Mans on Finding Her Voice as a Spoken Word Poet

This Week from the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | April 8, 2021

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