Reading the Literary City

Reading the Literary City

How Urban Spaces Shape the Books We Read

By Tobias Carroll | May 20, 2016

Nikki Giovanni on Race, Hope, Fatherhood, and <em>Roots</em>

Nikki Giovanni on Race, Hope, Fatherhood, and Roots

On the 40th Anniversary of Alex Haley's Classic

By Nikki Giovanni | May 20, 2016

Interview With a Gatekeeper: Riverhead's Rebecca Saletan

Interview With a Gatekeeper: Riverhead's Rebecca Saletan

On the Author's Voice, Diversity in Publishing, and Peter Matthiessen

By Kerri Arsenault | May 20, 2016

On the Joyful Tears of a Translator

On the Joyful Tears of a Translator

When Deborah Smith, Translator of Han Kang's The Vegetarian, Won the Man Booker International Prize

By Sophie Hughes | May 20, 2016

Robin Wasserman: Respect the Power of the Teenage Girl

Robin Wasserman: Respect the Power of the Teenage Girl

On Making the Jump from YA to Adult

By Jason Diamond | May 19, 2016

The Wilds of Montana Might Be the Scariest Character of All

The Wilds of Montana Might Be the Scariest Character of All

How London-Based Mystery Writer Karin Salvalaggio Writes Herself Back Home

By Antonia Malchik | May 19, 2016

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We Need More First-Hand Books About Urban Poverty

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10 Books by Women We'd Like to See Translated: Balkan Edition

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Stephen Graham Jones: 5 Books in My Life

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What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?

What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?

Robin Wasserman on the Unstoppable Wave of "Girl"-Titled Books

By Robin Wasserman | May 18, 2016

Salman Rushdie on Poetry, Being a Reader, and Going to the Movies

Salman Rushdie on Poetry, Being a Reader, and Going to the Movies

Part Two of Rushdie's Conversation with Paul Holdengraber

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10 Works of Fiction to Better Understand Brazil

10 Works of Fiction to Better Understand Brazil

A Country in Crisis, and Its Vital Literature

By Francesca Angiolillo | May 18, 2016

How Writers Will Steal Your Life and Use it For Fiction

How Writers Will Steal Your Life and Use it For Fiction

A Brief History of Plagiarizing Identity, From Leo Tolstoy to Salman Rushdie

By Richard Cohen | May 18, 2016

How the Best Commencement Speech of All Time Was Bad for Literature

How the Best Commencement Speech of All Time Was Bad for Literature

David Foster Wallace's New Sentimentality Got Old, Fast

By Emily Harnett | May 17, 2016

The Unstoppable Myth of Alejandra Pizarnik

The Unstoppable Myth of Alejandra Pizarnik

A Poet of the Night, and Love, and Terror, and Tragedy

By Enrique Vila-Matas | May 17, 2016

How Katherine Dunn's <em>Geek Love</em> Saved Me

How Katherine Dunn's Geek Love Saved Me

For Helena Fitzgerald, the Right Book Came Along at the Right Time

By Helena Fitzgerald | May 17, 2016

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