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Translator Beware: On the Myth of the Finicky English Reader

Translator Beware: On the Myth of the Finicky English Reader

Anton Hur Discusses the Future of Literary Translation

By Anton Hur | May 18, 2026

Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

Katherine Kelaidis on the Russian Writers Defying Putin's Regime from Abroad

By Katherine Kelaidis | May 18, 2026

Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

“We need these stories, because they reveal a potent truth: no one is immune to illness and death.”

By Lorraine Boissoneault | May 18, 2026

Alice and Me: How My Struggle With Cancer Mirrored My Protagonist’s

Alice and Me: How My Struggle With Cancer Mirrored My Protagonist’s

Caitlin Shetterly on Grappling With the Uncanny Parallels Between Real Life and Fiction

By Caitlin Shetterly | May 18, 2026

Who Are You Stacey Levine? What Happens When a “Deeply Weird,” (Very) Small Press Novel is a Pulitzer Finalist

Who Are You Stacey Levine? What Happens When a “Deeply Weird,” (Very) Small Press Novel is a Pulitzer Finalist

Max Pearl Gets to Know the Author of Mice 1961

By Max Pearl | May 15, 2026

Lucy Ives Offers a Few Creative Prompts to Knock You Off Kilter

Lucy Ives Offers a Few Creative Prompts to Knock You Off Kilter

On Writing Without Measurement

By Lucy Ives | May 15, 2026

Best Reviewed
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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | May 15, 2026

On the Road to Canterbury Reading Dan Simmons Sci-Fi Adaptation of Chaucer’s Classic

By Adrian McKinty | May 15, 2026

Five Books For the Insomniac in Your Life

By Ailsa Ross | May 15, 2026

Chet’la Sebree on How Chronic Illness Forever Altered Her Literary Life

Chet’la Sebree on How Chronic Illness Forever Altered Her Literary Life

“In remodeling my writing practice, I also remodeled who I was, who I could be, as a writer.”

By Chet’la Sebree | May 15, 2026

Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations

Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations

Maris Kreizman on Wuthering Heights, Scarpetta, Vladimir, and an Epidemic of Beautiful People in the Wrong Roles

By Maris Kreizman | May 14, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It’s a character study of a woman becoming corrupted by the only kind of power she considers herself able to wield.”

By Book Marks | May 14, 2026

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Daegan Miller on the Often Misunderstood Work of Roy Scranton

By Daegan Miller | May 14, 2026

To Tell A Story: On Blending Family History and Lived Experience in Nonfiction

To Tell A Story: On Blending Family History and Lived Experience in Nonfiction

Tamiko Nimura Recounts the Process of Crafting Her Memoir, From Idea to Execution

By Tamiko Nimura | May 14, 2026

Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing

Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing

Fazlur Rahman Recommends John Bayley, Danielle Ofri, Ayaz Virji, and More

By Fazlur Rahman | May 14, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Stine An is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Stine An is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Lee Jenny, Cynthia Cruz, Henry Goldkamp, and More

By Diana Arterian | May 14, 2026

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