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To Catch the Conscience of the President: On the Power of Theater

To Catch the Conscience of the President: On the Power of Theater

How We Retell our Stories, From Shakespeare to Beckett to Anne Washburn

By Veronica Esposito | June 20, 2017

Shorter, Faster, Better: On the Beauty of Literary Compression

Shorter, Faster, Better: On the Beauty of Literary Compression

From John Cheever to Amy Hempel, Saying Much in Few Words

By Olivia Clare Friedman | June 20, 2017

David Graeber On Jeremy Corbyn, 'The Most Unlikely Leader Ever'

David Graeber On Jeremy Corbyn, 'The Most Unlikely Leader Ever'

In Conversation with the London-Based Writer and Anthropologist

By Christopher Lydon | June 20, 2017

Stop Calling Paul Beatty an 'Angry' Writer

Stop Calling Paul Beatty an 'Angry' Writer

Talking to the Author of the Man Booker Prize-Winning The Sellout

By Julie Phillips | June 20, 2017

Minae Mizumura on Serializing Novels, Aging, and the Eternal Internet

Minae Mizumura on Serializing Novels, Aging, and the Eternal Internet

The Author of Inheritance From Mother Talks to Benjamin Moser

By Benjamin Moser | June 20, 2017

James Salter's Last Interview

James Salter's Last Interview

In Conversation with the Late, Great American Writer

By Alexander Slotnick | June 19, 2017

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Tolerance and Islamophobia in 16th-Century Spain, Not So Different from Now

By Matthew Carr | June 19, 2017

In Grief, Joan Didion's Move From Fiction to Memoir

By David L. Ulin | June 15, 2017

False Starts, or This Novel-Writing Shit Isn't Easy

By Don Lee | June 15, 2017

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to St. Paul

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to St. Paul

The Most "Livable" City in America is Pretty Good for Writers, Too

By Maya Beck | June 15, 2017

When

When "Interesting" Isn't Interesting

Examining Our Over-reliance on a Word that Says Not Much At All

By Chris Townsend | June 14, 2017

Jorge Luis Borges on the Task of the Artist

Jorge Luis Borges on the Task of the Artist

Watch Borges in Conversation, on the Anniversary of His Death

By Emily Temple | June 14, 2017

The Freedom to Defy Expectations: An Interview with Zinzi Clemmons

The Freedom to Defy Expectations: An Interview with Zinzi Clemmons

The What We Lose Author on Mothers, Death, and Form

By Alexandra Watson | June 14, 2017

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

"My hybrid identity cannot be contained by one culture"

By SJ Sindu | June 14, 2017

Encountering the Celebrity Male Gaze

Encountering the Celebrity Male Gaze

Khadijah Queen Talks I’m So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On

By Evan Lavender-Smith | June 14, 2017

Wallace Shawn: How Should a Person Be?

Wallace Shawn: How Should a Person Be?

On Revenge, Punishment, Bravery, and Cowardice

By Wallace Shawn | June 13, 2017

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