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Why We Love to Be Haunted

Why We Love to Be Haunted

On What Our Ghosts Are Really Trying to Tell Us

By Lyz Lenz | October 31, 2016

Whatever the Genre, My Books Are Dark Because I am Dark

Whatever the Genre, My Books Are Dark Because I am Dark

Fuminori Nakamura on how Noir Made Him The Writer He Is

By Fuminori Nakamura | October 31, 2016

Writing Infertility: Belle Boggs and Monica Youn in Conversation

Writing Infertility: Belle Boggs and Monica Youn in Conversation

On the Continuing Stigma of Reproductive Intervention

By Literary Hub | October 28, 2016

Phil Klay on the Citizen-Veteran Gap, and Modes of Storytelling

Phil Klay on the Citizen-Veteran Gap, and Modes of Storytelling

"I wanted to be able to approach the subject from many different angles"

By Charles Arrowsmith | October 28, 2016

There Are 1,462 Possible Plots for Your Book

There Are 1,462 Possible Plots for Your Book

From William Wallace Cook’s Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots

By Literary Hub | October 28, 2016

A New Documentary on Isaac Babel Highlights His Continued Relevance

A New Documentary on Isaac Babel Highlights His Continued Relevance

Get an Exclusive Look at David Novack's film Finding Babel

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Emily Witt on Love, Sex, and Orgasmic Meditation

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Junot Diaz on the Joys of the Young and the Stories of the Dead

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10 Books by Polish Women Writers We'd Like to See Translated

10 Books by Polish Women Writers We'd Like to See Translated

Joanna Bator, Weronika Murek, Olga Tokarczuk, and Many More

By Anna Błasiak | October 26, 2016

Rabih Alameddine:

Rabih Alameddine: "My Existence is Uncomfortable for People"

John Freeman in Conversation with the author of The Angel of History

By John Freeman | October 26, 2016

The Publisher Who Rejected Jane Austen

The Publisher Who Rejected Jane Austen

Well That Was a Mistake, Wasn't It?

By Shelley DeWees | October 26, 2016

Has Imbolo Mbue Written the Great American Novel?

Has Imbolo Mbue Written the Great American Novel?

How an Unknown Cameroonian Novelist Followed in the Footsteps of Jonathan Franzen

By Aaron Bady | October 26, 2016

Ask the Publicists: What Do I Do With a Bad Pre-Pub Review?

Ask the Publicists: What Do I Do With a Bad Pre-Pub Review?

A Monthly Advice Column from Broadside PR

By Literary Hub | October 25, 2016

Police Violence and the American Caste System

Police Violence and the American Caste System

Colette Shade on Arundhati Roy and Black Lives Matter

By Colette Shade | October 25, 2016

The Rise of the Small Press on the Man Booker Shortlist

The Rise of the Small Press on the Man Booker Shortlist

Could a Two-Person Press from Glasgow Win One of the Biggest Prizes in Literature?

By Marta Bausells | October 24, 2016

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