• Craft and Criticism

    Keen On

    Aleksandar Hemon on Sarajevo, Jerusalem, and the Political Power of “Macaronic” Language

    By Keen On  April 24, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Black Shakespeare: Ian Smith on Systematic Whiteness and Transforming the Way We Interpret Shakespeare

    By History of Literature  April 24, 2023
    First Draft

    Andrew Porter on the Strange Nature of Short Stories Mirroring Each Other

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 24, 2023
    On Poetry

    Pattiann Rogers on the “Flicker” that Connects All Life in Her Poems

    By Leslie Lindsay  April 24, 2023
    What to Watch

    Take a Sigh of Relief: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is Wonderful

    By Olivia Rutigliano  April 21, 2023
    Climate Change Library

    Orion Recommends: Ten Essential Reads for Earth Day 2023

    By Orion Magazine  April 21, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  April 21, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Joe Milan Jr. on the Connectivity of Failure

    By Joe Milan Jr.  April 21, 2023
    The Writing Life

    Do Writers Fetishize Their Tools Too Much… Or Not Enough?

    By Tobias Carroll  April 21, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Victor Lavalle on the Truth of Family Secrets (Hint: They’re Not That Secret)

    By The Maris Review  April 20, 2023
    Friendships

    Why We All Need Dinner Parties in Our Lives

    By Natasha Feldman  April 20, 2023
    On Poetry

    Eileen Myles on Poetry, Meat, and Mourning

    By Eileen Myles  April 20, 2023
    Pandemics

    What Kind of Pandemic Storytelling Do We Actually Need?

    By Emma Staffaroni  April 20, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 20, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Live from New York: Curtis Sittenfeld on Dating Up, Writing Funny, and How SNL and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Are Alike

    By Fiction Non Fiction  April 20, 2023
    Otherppl

    Matthew Zapruder: Revising a Poem is Like Revising Your Life

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  April 20, 2023
    Autofiction

    Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu on Sex as Escape, Being a Jerk, and “Alcohol-fueled Insanity”

    By Juan Velasquez  April 20, 2023
    Queer Literature

    How Messy Can a
    Rom-Com Be?

    By Carlyn Greenwald  April 20, 2023
    The Hub

    Here are the finalists for the 2023 Young Lions Fiction Award.

    By Janet Manley  April 19, 2023
    On Translation

    How Annie Ernaux Captures the Spirit of Her Era Through Its Big-Box Stores

    By Literary Hub  April 19, 2023
    Dogs

    Falling in Love with a Dog and the World

    By Ramona Ausubel  April 19, 2023
    Parenthood

    You Can Hate Leaving Your Child, and Be Glad You Went

    By Mary Louise Kelly  April 19, 2023
    On Translation

    Bookworm in a Chrysalis: How Language Acquisition Nourishes a Love of Literature

    By Natasha S. and Larissa Kyzer  April 19, 2023
    Origin Stories

    Kevin Chong on Finding Inspiration in Surprise

    By Kevin Chong  April 19, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Elizabeth Graver and J.C. Hallman on the Blurred Boundaries between Fact and Fiction

    By Literary Hub  April 19, 2023
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