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On the Deep Disquiet of Finishing Your Book

On the Deep Disquiet of Finishing Your Book

Fernando Pessoa, Joy Williams, and the gap between writing and publishing

By Jonathan Lee | March 8, 2016

The Things We Do to Promote the Books We Write

The Things We Do to Promote the Books We Write

Summer Brennan on Publicity, Social Media, and Marlon James, Chef

By Summer Brennan | March 8, 2016

Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

On history, heritage, and whitewashing

By Anita Huslin | March 7, 2016

The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

74,000 words of raucous, handwritten amorality

By Devoney Looser | March 4, 2016

102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism

102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism

A Highly Subjective and Idiosyncratic List Created Upon Moving House

By Jonathan Russell Clark | March 4, 2016

Do Artists Still Find Inspiration in Literature?

Do Artists Still Find Inspiration in Literature?

Asking the Question at the Opening Night of the Volta Art Fair

By Catherine Talese | March 4, 2016

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The Diminishing Returns of Freelance Magazine Writing

By Kent Russell | March 3, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: Embrace the Middlebrow

By Caitlin Goodman | March 3, 2016

The Rise of the Cuban Literati: In Sunshine and In Shadow

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Race, Theft, and the Magic of Electricity in Rural Alabama

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Trisha Ping Interviews Debut Novelist Virginia Reeves

By Trisha Ping | March 1, 2016

Michel de Montaigne, Time Traveler

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Hannah Brooks-Motl on Where We Go When We Read, and Who We Become

By Hannah Brooks-Motl | February 29, 2016

Want to Win an Oscar? Base Your Movie on a Book

Want to Win an Oscar? Base Your Movie on a Book

Bruce Davis, former Director of the Academy, Runs the Numbers

By Brangien Davis | February 26, 2016

Dear Rick Moody: Should I Tell Them I Love Them?

Dear Rick Moody: Should I Tell Them I Love Them?

Rick Moody, Life Coach, on the Deep Bone Sadness of Unrequited Love

By Rick Moody | February 26, 2016

Writing While Translating

Writing While Translating

Idra Novey on Being Suspended Between Languages

By Idra Novey | February 25, 2016

Secrets of the Book Designer: Falling in Love With a Book, Taking a Risk

Secrets of the Book Designer: Falling in Love With a Book, Taking a Risk

Designing the cover for Steven Millhauser's Voices in the Night

By Janet Hansen | February 25, 2016

Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

On Life and Death as a Grand Series of Comings and Goings

By J. Aaron Sanders | February 25, 2016

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