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You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

From Poet Jennifer Grotz’s Bennington MFA Commencement Speech

By Jennifer Grotz | July 20, 2023

What We’re Reading at <em>Just the Right Book</em> This Week

What We’re Reading at Just the Right Book This Week

Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein Weigh in With Recommendations

By Just the Right Book | July 20, 2023

Essie Fox Reads From <em>The Fascination</em>

Essie Fox Reads From The Fascination

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | July 19, 2023

24 new books out today.

24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 18, 2023

Borges Dealt With His Anxiety About Going Blind by Learning a New Language

Borges Dealt With His Anxiety About Going Blind by Learning a New Language

Andrew Leland on His Own Weakening Vision, Braille, and Making a Commitment to Read with Visual Aids

By Andrew Leland | July 18, 2023

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

Alfred J. Naddaff Spends 72 Hours in Zurich With the Chronicler of Modern Syria

By Alfred J. Naddaff | July 18, 2023

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Hiding In Plain Sight: Patrick Gale on the Life and Work of Poet Charles Causley

By Patrick Gale | July 18, 2023

In Praise of Destruction: How Embracing Elimination Can Make Our Writing Better

By Stephanie Bishop | July 18, 2023

Cristina Garcia on Chronicling Cuba’s Complex History Through Fiction

By Jane Ciabattari | July 18, 2023

Let the Kids Get Weird: The Adult Problem With Children’s Books

Let the Kids Get Weird: The Adult Problem With Children’s Books

On Jon Klassen, Ruth Krauss, and the Grown-Up Weight of Nostalgia

By Janet Manley | July 17, 2023

The Complicated Afterlives of <br>Roberto Bolaño

The Complicated Afterlives of
Roberto Bolaño

Twenty Years After His Death, Aaron Shulman Unpacks the Legacy of the Chilean Poet and Novelist

By Aaron Shulman | July 17, 2023

Shin Yu Pai on Ten Thousand Things and the Asian-American Experience

Shin Yu Pai on Ten Thousand Things and the Asian-American Experience

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 17, 2023

On Trying to Teach Brian Doyle’s “Leap” to the Post-9/11 Generation

On Trying to Teach Brian Doyle’s “Leap” to the Post-9/11 Generation

Steve Edwards Wonders If It’s Possible to Translate One Generation’s Trauma to the Next

By Steve Edwards | July 14, 2023

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 Tessa Hadley, David Lipsky, Nicole Flattery, Laura Cumming, and More

By Book Marks | July 14, 2023

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

"Rooms are springboards for time and time is for the poets."

By Megan Fernandes | July 14, 2023

Many Voices, Many Truths: On the Benefits of Polyvocal Stories

Many Voices, Many Truths: On the Benefits of Polyvocal Stories

How Hannah Michell Transcends the Single Perspective

By Hannah Michell | July 14, 2023

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