Write the Book That Scares You Shitless: An Interview with Colson Whitehead

Write the Book That Scares You Shitless: An Interview with Colson Whitehead

John Freeman in Conversation With This Year's National Book Award Winner

By John Freeman | November 23, 2016

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neruda's Lost Poems

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neruda's Lost Poems

On Translating His Recent Collection of Never-Before-Seen Poems

By Forrest Gander | November 23, 2016

Is Trump the Inciting Incident for a True Democratic Hero?

Is Trump the Inciting Incident for a True Democratic Hero?

On Plot, Republican Politics, and the Power of Classical Narrative

By Goldberry Long | November 23, 2016

Broken Systems: Fiction at the Intersection of Immigration and Criminal Justice

Broken Systems: Fiction at the Intersection of Immigration and Criminal Justice

David Lida Writes of Love, Death, and the Border

By Andrea Penman-Lomeli | November 23, 2016

Zadie Smith on Female Friendship, Conspiracy Theories, and Musicals

Zadie Smith on Female Friendship, Conspiracy Theories, and Musicals

Lauren Bufferd Speaks With the Author of Swing Time

By Lauren Bufferd | November 22, 2016

David Remnick on the Post-Fact Press, and the Future of Journalism

David Remnick on the Post-Fact Press, and the Future of Journalism

"The role of journalism is the honest and rigorous application of pressure on power."

By Emily Temple | November 22, 2016

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On the Red Carpet at the National Book Awards

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On Love and Ruin, Terminology, and the Anxiety of Limits

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The Bolaño Effect: Latin American Literature in Translation

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On the Great and Steady Surge in Translated Titles

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Book Recommendations and Bad Advice From Kelly Link

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Thoreau Was Actually Funny as Hell

Thoreau Was Actually Funny as Hell

The Walden Author Isn't a Misanthrope—Just Misunderstood

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Robert Bresson: 'I'm not a director. I am a filmmaker.'

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Bresson and François-Régis Bastide in Conversation

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Harry Potter is Actually a Great Narrative Frame for Good and Evil

Harry Potter is Actually a Great Narrative Frame for Good and Evil

Stop Policing the Literary Reference Points of Others

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2016

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