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Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

"Worse Than a State Indifferent to Poetry was One Obsessed With It"

By Martin Puchner | November 2, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist David Grann

Meet National Book Award Finalist David Grann

The author of Killers of the Flower Moon on Joan Didion and the devil

By Emily Temple | November 2, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Masha Gessen

Meet National Book Award Finalist Masha Gessen

The Author of The Future Is History on how to make every story interesting

By Emily Temple | November 2, 2017

Trying to Save the Lost Soul of College Sports

Trying to Save the Lost Soul of College Sports

In Conversation with the Author of Champions Way

By Nick Ripatrazone | November 1, 2017

Writing Through Fear is a Way to Take Back Power

Writing Through Fear is a Way to Take Back Power

Alice Anderson, Julia Fierro, Pascale Kramer, Megan Stielstra,
and Carmen Maria Machad in Conversation

By Literary Hub | November 1, 2017

Finding Refuge in a Queer Vampire Novella

Finding Refuge in a Queer Vampire Novella

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Meet National Book Award Finalist Erica Armstrong Dunbar

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Inside <em>The World of Lore</em>: A Spooky Podcast Jumps to Page and Screen

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Isabel Allende on Harry Potter, Dostoyevsky, and the Gift of Reading

Isabel Allende on Harry Potter, Dostoyevsky, and the Gift of Reading

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Meet National Book Award Finalist Rita Williams-Garcia

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Meet National Book Award Finalist Erika L. Sánchez

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How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

A Legendary French Critic Weighs in on "a book to laugh at and then forget."

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Meet National Book Award Finalist Elana K. Arnold

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elana K. Arnold

The author of What Girls Are Made Of on teen girls, twitter, and Agatha Christie

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