Plays vs. Novels (You'll Never Guess What Happens Next)

Plays vs. Novels (You'll Never Guess What Happens Next)

In Which a Playwright Turned Novelist Tries to Decide

By Kirk Lynn | October 19, 2015

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

Happy Pub Birthday, Moby-Dick, You are the Best

By Joel Cuthbertson | October 16, 2015

Dear Lizzie: The Second Lover to the Second Communist

Dear Lizzie: The Second Lover to the Second Communist

How the correspondence of Marx and Engels turned into a novel

By Gavin McCrea | October 15, 2015

Prostitutes, Pimps, Pushers: How to Translate a 'Jazz' Novel

Prostitutes, Pimps, Pushers: How to Translate a 'Jazz' Novel

Meeting Fiston Mwanza Mujila for Dinner in Paris

By Roland Glasser | October 15, 2015

Joanna Walsh on Sex Writing, Freud, and (the) Marx (Brothers)

Joanna Walsh on Sex Writing, Freud, and (the) Marx (Brothers)

In Conversation with the Writer-Editor-Illustrator-Founder of #Readwomen

By Tobias Carroll | October 15, 2015

An Alternative to the Blunt Force Trauma of the MFA

An Alternative to the Blunt Force Trauma of the MFA

Writing Centers of America, part II in a Series: The U of Arizona Poetry Center

By Michele Filgate | October 15, 2015

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The First Democratic Party Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

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Why the Printed Book Will Last Another 500 Years

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Interview with a Bookstore: Riverbend Books

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How Professional Readers Read for Pleasure

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A Brief Survey of How the Pros Slow Down

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Ta-Nehisi Coates Has Given #Black Lives Matter Its Foundational Text

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How to Love an Imperfect Genius, and Other Considerations

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Kenzaburo Oe Finds a Hero in Huckleberry Finn

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Ruminations On America, Harvard Square, 1965

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<em>Don Quixote</em>: Sloppy, Inconsistent, Baffling, Perfect

Don Quixote: Sloppy, Inconsistent, Baffling, Perfect

On the Magical Hyper-realism of a 400-Year-Old Classic

By Ilan Stavans | October 7, 2015

A Phone Call From Paul: Claudia Rankine

A Phone Call From Paul: Claudia Rankine

In Which Casual Stalking, Hybridity, and the Fine Art of Rereading Are Discussed

By Literary Hub | October 7, 2015

When Pen Names Become People

When Pen Names Become People

The Freedom and Pitfalls of Literary (Mis)Identity

By Tobias Carroll | October 7, 2015

Why Salman Rushdie Should Win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Why Salman Rushdie Should Win the Nobel Prize in Literature

A Last-Minute Plea on Behalf of Secular Miracles

By Jonathan Russell Clark | October 7, 2015

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