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In Defense of Trash

In Defense of Trash

Why Pleasures Should Never Be Guilty, From Valley of the Dolls to Bonkbusters

By Lisa Levy | August 25, 2016

There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You

There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You

Brandon Taylor on the Importance of Empathy As Craft

By Brandon Taylor | August 25, 2016

Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus

Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus

Forget New York and Get Yourself West to Ohio

By Annie McGreevy | August 25, 2016

Tracy K. Smith on God, Poetry, and Parenting in New York City

Tracy K. Smith on God, Poetry, and Parenting in New York City

The Poet and Memoirist Talks to Paul Holdengraber

By Literary Hub | August 24, 2016

How to Write While Traveling

How to Write While Traveling

Andrés Neuman's Fragments from a Latin American Book Tour

By Andrés Neuman | August 24, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: Books with Allegorical Animals and A Lot of Sex

The Grumpy Librarian: Books with Allegorical Animals and A Lot of Sex

Recommendations with lyricism, sentimentality, and philosophical complications

By Caitlin Goodman | August 24, 2016

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Caleb Carr Lives in a Very Dark Place

By Dylan Foley | August 23, 2016

A Masterpiece of Latin American Literature Finally Appears in English

By Esther Allen | August 23, 2016

Margo Jefferson: The Books in My Life

By Margo Jefferson | August 23, 2016

The Dos and Don'ts of Writing About the Disabled

The Dos and Don'ts of Writing About the Disabled

Nicola Griffith on the Need to Go Beyond Empathy

By Nicola Griffith | August 23, 2016

How the Writer Listens: Svetlana Alexievich

How the Writer Listens: Svetlana Alexievich

John Freeman in Conversation with the Nobel Laureate

By John Freeman | August 22, 2016

The Dangerous Myth of Authenticity

The Dangerous Myth of Authenticity

C.B. George on "one of the more bizarre delusions of contemporary life"

By C. B. George | August 18, 2016

Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

An Investigation, Featuring All of Your Favorite Bird Lovers

By Katherine Towler | August 18, 2016

You're Probably Misreading Robert Frost's Most Famous Poem

You're Probably Misreading Robert Frost's Most Famous Poem

On the Many Tricks and Contradictions of "The Road Not Taken"

By David Orr | August 18, 2016

How is Reviewing a Restaurant Like Reviewing a Book?

How is Reviewing a Restaurant Like Reviewing a Book?

Critics John Freeman and Robert Sietsema Compare Notes

By Literary Hub | August 17, 2016

Who's Meaner: Book Critics or Restaurant Reviewers?

Who's Meaner: Book Critics or Restaurant Reviewers?

Which Assassins Take the Deadliest Aim? We Aggregate, You Decide

By Literary Hub | August 17, 2016

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