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From Midcentury Confessional Poetry to Reality TV

From Midcentury Confessional Poetry to Reality TV

How Did "Confession" Become a Dirty Word?

By Christopher Grobe | November 9, 2017

Read Anne Sexton's Response to Her Worst-Ever Review

Read Anne Sexton's Response to Her Worst-Ever Review

Esquire is my enemy as you know."">"Dickey at Esquire is my enemy as you know."

By Emily Temple | November 9, 2017

All the Letters I'll Never Send

All the Letters I'll Never Send

What Can be Learned From an Archive of Longing?

By Clare Sestanovich | November 9, 2017

Eduardo Galeano: Why I Became a Writer

Eduardo Galeano: Why I Became a Writer

The Late, Great Uruguayan Speaks of the Sea to Those Who Will Never See It

By Eduardo Galeano | November 9, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Jesmyn Ward

Meet National Book Award Finalist Jesmyn Ward

The author of Sing, Unburied, Sing on Prince, Faulkner, and writing exercises

By Emily Temple | November 9, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Carmen Maria Machado

Meet National Book Award Finalist Carmen Maria Machado

The author of Her Body and Other Parties tells us about her favorite stories

By Emily Temple | November 9, 2017

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Ocean Vuong: Interrogating the Canon While (Literally) Riding a Bicycle with No Hands

By Literary Hub | November 8, 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'Write What You Know' is the Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2017

Seeing the Hopeful Side of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

By Megan Hunter | November 8, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Min Jin Lee

Meet National Book Award Finalist Min Jin Lee

The author of Pachinko on the long road to her latest novel

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Lisa Ko

Meet National Book Award Finalist Lisa Ko

The author of The Leavers on being perennially timely

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Danez Smith

Meet National Book Award Finalist Danez Smith

The author of Don't Call Us Dead on editing, performance, and instinct

By Emily Temple | November 7, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elliot Ackerman

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elliot Ackerman

The author of Dark at the Crossing on love, war, and writing

By Emily Temple | November 7, 2017

The Weirdness of Promoting a Book in the First Year of Trump

The Weirdness of Promoting a Book in the First Year of Trump

11 Writers on What if Felt like to Shill for Literature in 2017

By Emily Temple | November 6, 2017

Writing a Novel in the Age of Peak Content

Writing a Novel in the Age of Peak Content

Notes from the Midst of A Terrifying Digital Flowering

By Barret Baumgart | November 6, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Leslie Harrison

Meet National Book Award Finalist Leslie Harrison

The author of The Book of Endings on grief and great poetry

By Emily Temple | November 6, 2017

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