• Literary Criticism

    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Chinelo Okparanta and Akwaeke Emezi on the Tensions of Our Time

    By The Virtual Book Channel  August 4, 2022
    Book Collectives

    How One Group of Global South Writers is Decolonizing Literature

    By Pritika Pradhan  August 3, 2022
    Folklore

    From World Wars to Airborne Fairies: How History, Myth, and Folklore Shape Our Stories

    By Emma Seckel  August 3, 2022
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    10 New SF and Fantasy Books
    to Augment Your August

    By Book Marks  August 3, 2022
    new books tuesday

    21 new books to take home and love today.

    By Katie Yee  August 2, 2022
    Bugs

    “I have drunk, and seen the spider.” On Swallowing Bugs in Fiction

    By Daisy Hildyard  August 2, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Sandra Newman on Writing Novels As a Way to Represent the World

    By I'm a Writer But   August 2, 2022
    End Times

    Anxiety and Responsibility: What Stories Can Come From Our Current Moment?

    By Clare Pollard  August 2, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Marianne Wiggins on Completing a Novel After Suffering a Stroke and Finding Inspiration In California’s Dry Terrain

    By Jane Ciabattari  August 2, 2022
    Reading Lists

    AudioFile’s Best
    Audiobooks of July

    By Book Marks  August 2, 2022
    So Many Damn Books

    In Praise of Survival Literature

    By So Many Damn Books  August 2, 2022
    On Writing

    The Pain-Writing-Money Trifecta: On Nora Ephron and Grief as Copy

    By Ella Risbridger  August 1, 2022
    Advice

    Mary Ruefle on Bringing Joy to Your Writing Practice

    By Mary Ruefle  August 1, 2022
    On Translation

    Breaking Down the Translation Pyramid: On Translating Dhumketu’s Pioneering Short Stories from Gujarati

    By Jenny Bhatt  August 1, 2022
    Write-minded

    Writing Intimate Truths and Why Memoir Is a Force That’s Changing the Culture

    By Write-minded   August 1, 2022
    Ukraine

    I Once Wrote—and Spoke, and Thought—in Russian… No More

    By Volodymyr Rafeenko  July 29, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    “An Open Heart, Armor Down.” Maud Newton and Ann Leary in Conversation

    By Literary Hub  July 29, 2022
    Animals

    Smarter Than We Think: A Reading List on Animal Intelligence

    By Ned Beauman  July 29, 2022
    Shelf Talkers

    Shelf Talkers: What Booksellers Are Reading at Third Place Books

    By Corinne Segal  July 29, 2022
    New Books Network

    Richard Swan on the Necessity of Creating Limits in Fantastical Worldbuilding

    By New Books Network  July 29, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Ada Limón on How We’ll Never Truly Understand the Mystery of Being Alive

    By The Maris Review  July 28, 2022
    In Memoriam

    Remembering Daphne Athas: Writer, Reader, Teacher, Mentor, Adventurer, Friend

    By Literary Hub  July 28, 2022
    13 Ways of Looking

    13 Ways of Looking: Samantha Hunt on the Visual Inspirations Behind Her First Work of Nonfiction

    By Samantha Hunt  July 28, 2022
    Journalism

    When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

    By Katie Hafner  July 28, 2022
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of July

    By Emily Temple  July 28, 2022
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