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Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

A Brief History of Gore, Splatter, and the Art of Fake Blood

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Rita Williams-Garcia

Meet National Book Award Finalist Rita Williams-Garcia

The author of Clayton Byrd Goes Underground on music in life and writing

By Emily Temple | October 31, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Erika L. Sánchez

Meet National Book Award Finalist Erika L. Sánchez

The author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter loves Larry Levis

By Emily Temple | October 31, 2017

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

A Legendary French Critic Weighs in on "a book to laugh at and then forget."

By Eric Chevillard | October 30, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elana K. Arnold

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elana K. Arnold

The author of What Girls Are Made Of on teen girls, twitter, and Agatha Christie

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Robin Benway

Meet National Book Award Finalist Robin Benway

The author of Far from the Tree on family, Joni Mitchell, and writer's block

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2017

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The Many Faces of Sylvia Plath

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By Joe Fassler | October 26, 2017

Jean Rhys Had to Leave Her Home to Truly See It

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6 Famous Writers Injured While Writing

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How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Boston

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Boston

From a Bar Called Bukowski's to the Oldest Poetry Bookstore in America

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Learning the Hard Way That Writing a Book is Not Like Writing for TV

Learning the Hard Way That Writing a Book is Not Like Writing for TV

Evany Rosen on Assembling Her Own Personal Writers Room

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How Kate Tempest Makes

How Kate Tempest Makes "Radical Empathy" More than Just a Buzzword

Her Genre-Defying Works Place Us Directly in the Heads of Others

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<em>New Yorker</em> Cartoonist Barry Blitt: How Far is Too Far in the World of Political Satire

New Yorker Cartoonist Barry Blitt: How Far is Too Far in the World of Political Satire

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