Why Where We Write Matters

Why Where We Write Matters

Tanaz Bhathena on Her Understanding of Home,
from Bombay to Bilimora

By Tanaz Bhathena | April 20, 2016

What Borges Learned from Cervantes

What Borges Learned from Cervantes

On Language, and the Thin Line Between Fiction and Reality

By Ilan Stavans and William P. Childers | April 20, 2016

Mitchell S. Jackson's <em>The Residue Years</em>, Part One

Mitchell S. Jackson's The Residue Years, Part One

Premiering the Story of One Writer's Path from Prison to Publication

By Literary Hub | April 19, 2016

The Perks of Getting Lost at the London Book Fair

The Perks of Getting Lost at the London Book Fair

Marta Bausells on Impersonators, Rapid Fire Rights-Dealing, and "Shakespeariences"

By Marta Bausells | April 19, 2016

Librarian Confidential: Alexander Lent

Librarian Confidential: Alexander Lent

The Only Library with Owls, Snakes, and Tai Chi Classes

By Literary Hub | April 19, 2016

Talking to Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer Viet Thanh Nguyen

Talking to Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer Viet Thanh Nguyen

John Freeman Chats with the Author of The Sympathizer

By John Freeman | April 18, 2016

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Was Yeats' "The Second Coming" Really About Donald Trump?

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Poetry Podcasts Are Back

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Fashion Designer Charles Harbison on the Books that Influence Him

By Yahdon Israel | April 15, 2016

Can We Only Know Ourselves Through Another?

Can We Only Know Ourselves Through Another?

Sallie Tisdale looks to Socrates and Hannah Arendt in Order to See Herself

By Sallie Tisdale | April 15, 2016

Karl Ove Knausgaard on Failure, Memory, and Writing 20 Pages a Day

Karl Ove Knausgaard on Failure, Memory, and Writing 20 Pages a Day

John Freeman catches up with the My Struggle author in Japan

By John Freeman | April 14, 2016

Jon Ronson: In Search of the Genuinely New

Jon Ronson: In Search of the Genuinely New

Charles Arrowsmith on the author of So You've Been Publicly Shamed

By Charles Arrowsmith | April 14, 2016

Five Mississippi Writers on Why They Oppose Their State's New Anti-LGBTQ

Five Mississippi Writers on Why They Oppose Their State's New Anti-LGBTQ "Religious Freedom" Law

Kiese Laymon, Katy Simpson Smith, Margaret Eby, Catherine Lacey, and Andrew Malan Milward

By Literary Hub | April 13, 2016

Why My Novel Uses Untranslated Chinese

Why My Novel Uses Untranslated Chinese

Esmé Weijun Wang on commiting to the possibility of being unintelligible

By Esmé Weijun Wang | April 12, 2016

Getting to Know the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Finalists

Getting to Know the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Finalists

The Nominees on Craft and Writing Advice, Plus Audio from Last Night's Reading

By Literary Hub | April 11, 2016

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: And the Winner Is...

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: And the Winner Is...

James Baldwin vs. Jeanette Winterson: Our Esteemed Judges Declare a Victor!

By Literary Hub | April 8, 2016

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