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When Grief Becomes Surreal

When Grief Becomes Surreal

On the Reality-Bending Effects of Trauma in Literature

By Tobias Carroll | July 15, 2016

From a Teen's Blog to International Acclaim: On Translating Sagawa Chika

From a Teen's Blog to International Acclaim: On Translating Sagawa Chika

An Interview with Sawako Nakayasu, “the Rosmarie Waldrop of Japan”

By Lindsey Webb | July 15, 2016

Did I Write a Gay Book? An Indian Book? A Diverse Book?

Did I Write a Gay Book? An Indian Book? A Diverse Book?

Rumaan Alam on Figuring Out Where to Sit at the Table

By Rumaan Alam | July 14, 2016

Ben Lerner on Why So Many People (Rightfully) Hate Poetry

Ben Lerner on Why So Many People (Rightfully) Hate Poetry

In conversation with the MacArthur-Genius poet and novelist

By Cody Delistraty | July 14, 2016

Building a Better Definition of Science Fiction

Building a Better Definition of Science Fiction

Ann and Jeff VanderMeer on the History and Future of the Genre

By Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer | July 14, 2016

I Found a Rare Copy of June Allison Gibbons' Outsider Novel

I Found a Rare Copy of June Allison Gibbons' Outsider Novel

On the Unusual Case of the Infamous "Silent Twins" and Their Literary Aspirations

By Kelsey Osgood | July 13, 2016

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Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

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On a Pathological Love of the Hardest Sport in the World

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On Border-Crossings, Bicycles, and Appearing Naked on Your Book

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Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Discusses His Newly Translated Novel, La Superba

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