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Kevin Kwan on His Love of Classics (Even if He’s Still Never Read <em>Middlemarch</em>)

Kevin Kwan on His Love of Classics (Even if He’s Still Never Read Middlemarch)

The Author of “Lies and Weddings” Recommends Evelyn Waugh and Alan Hollinghurst

By Kevin Kwan | May 21, 2024

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Mesha Maren on the Sisters of Longing Who Inspire Her Work

By Mesha Maren | May 21, 2024

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading <em>The Corrections</em> While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading The Corrections While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

“The book is the same every time, but I am different, so what it offers me is different.”

By Jessie Gaynor | May 21, 2024

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

From “The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American Literature”

By Yogita Goyal | May 21, 2024

R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Exhibit”

By Jane Ciabattari | May 21, 2024

R. O. Kwon! Kent Wascom! Joyce Carol Oates! 25 new books out today.

R. O. Kwon! Kent Wascom! Joyce Carol Oates! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 21, 2024

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What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

By Emily C. Bloom | May 20, 2024

Adelle Waldman on the Lightly Comic

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 20, 2024

The Poetry of Chinese Names

By Wendy Chen | May 20, 2024

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ilyon Woo on Craft Lessons From the Late Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim Gibson

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ilyon Woo on Craft Lessons From the Late Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim Gibson

On Han and Jung and How to Tell a Story

By Ilyon Woo | May 20, 2024

The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

J. Nicole Jones on the Writers Who Create Literary Puzzles and the Readers Who Solve Them

By J. Nicole Jones | May 20, 2024

Susan Kiyo Ito on the Raw Truth of Exposure

Susan Kiyo Ito on the Raw Truth of Exposure

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | May 20, 2024

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Claire Messud, Adam Higginbotham, Miranda July, Hari Kunzru, and More

By Book Marks | May 17, 2024

Better in the Middle: Eight Writing Hacks From a Mid-List Author

Better in the Middle: Eight Writing Hacks From a Mid-List Author

Anna Dorn Offers Some Subjective Tidbits For Writers At Any Stage of Their Journey

By Anna Dorn | May 17, 2024

Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

“I want narrative propelled by questions, not by the need to provide each answer.”

By Anna Noyes | May 17, 2024

A Mouth Holds Many Things: On the Magic of Hybrid Writing

A Mouth Holds Many Things: On the Magic of Hybrid Writing

Dao Strom Enters a State of Slippage

By Dao Strom | May 17, 2024

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