No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Sylvia Plath and more on their nighttime visions

By Emily Temple | November 1, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Meet National Book Award Finalist Erica Armstrong Dunbar

The author of Never Caught on music, Oprah, and teaching

By Emily Temple | November 1, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Ibi Zoboi

Meet National Book Award Finalist Ibi Zoboi

The author of American Street on robots, movies, and the American Dream

By Emily Temple | November 1, 2017

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

Inside The World of Lore: A Spooky Podcast Jumps to Page and Screen

Christina Newland Talks to the Man Behind the Monstrous Creatures

By Christina Newland | October 31, 2017

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

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

The Author of In the Midst of Winter on the Books in Her Life

By Literary Hub | October 31, 2017

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

A Brief History of Gore, Splatter, and the Art of Fake Blood

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2017

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Meet National Book Award Finalist Rita Williams-Garcia

By Emily Temple | October 31, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Erika L. Sánchez

By Emily Temple | October 31, 2017

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

By Eric Chevillard | October 30, 2017

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

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Robin Benway

Meet National Book Award Finalist Robin Benway

The author of Far from the Tree on family, Joni Mitchell, and writer's block

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2017

The Many Faces of Sylvia Plath

The Many Faces of Sylvia Plath

In Focusing Too Much on Her Death, We Miss Her Capacity for Life

By Kelly Marie Coyne | October 27, 2017

Alice McDermott's America is <em>Not</em> of a Bygone Era

Alice McDermott's America is Not of a Bygone Era

The Author of The Ninth Hour in Conversation with Bethanne Patrick

By Bethanne Patrick | October 27, 2017

I Talked to 150 Writers and Here's the Best Advice They Had

I Talked to 150 Writers and Here's the Best Advice They Had

Joe Fassler on Seven of the Most Common Writing Tips

By Joe Fassler | October 26, 2017

Jean Rhys Had to Leave Her Home to Truly See It

Jean Rhys Had to Leave Her Home to Truly See It

Gabrielle Bellot on Exile, Otherness, and the Isolation of
a Great 20th-Century Writer

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 26, 2017

First-Person Stories of the Body Are Much More Than Clickbait

First-Person Stories of the Body Are Much More Than Clickbait

In Praise of Narrative Medicine

By M. Sophia Newman | October 26, 2017

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