Lauren Groff has won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

Lauren Groff has won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

By Emily Firetog | April 20, 2022

How the Book Industry Turns Its Own Racism into a Marketable Product

How the Book Industry Turns Its Own Racism into a Marketable Product

Tajja Isen on Lip Service in Publishing

By Tajja Isen | April 20, 2022

Jesymn Ward on Discovering <em>for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf</em>

Jesymn Ward on Discovering for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

“I am so thankful to Ntozake Shange for seeing us, reflecting us.”

By Jesmyn Ward | April 20, 2022

On Writing a Social Novel, Giving Clear Feedback, and Outlasting Doubt

On Writing a Social Novel, Giving Clear Feedback, and Outlasting Doubt

A Conversation Between Steve Almond and Melissa Chadburn

By Literary Hub | April 20, 2022

22 new books to keep an eye out for this week.

22 new books to keep an eye out for this week.

By Katie Yee | April 19, 2022

Emily St. John Mandel on the Narrative Possibilities of Time Travel

Emily St. John Mandel on the Narrative Possibilities of Time Travel

The Author of Sea of Tranquility Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | April 19, 2022

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How Did Shakespeare Kill (And Heal) His Characters?

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Tajja Isen is Reading Now and Next

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Rules, Rituals, and Laws of Emotion in the Hebrew Bible

By The Cosmic Library | April 19, 2022

The Bardo of Widowhood: Considering Kathryn Davis’s Meditations on Grief

The Bardo of Widowhood: Considering Kathryn Davis’s Meditations on Grief

Howard Norman Reads Aurelia, Aurélia

By Howard Norman | April 18, 2022

Where Are All the Matriarchies in Fiction?

Where Are All the Matriarchies in Fiction?

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Linda H. Davis on the Literary Fame and Notorious Exploits of Stephen Crane

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This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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On the Romance and Wonder of Victorian Science

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Nicole Yunger Halpern in Praise of an Expansive, Fantastical Approach to Knowledge

By Nicole Yunger Halpern | April 18, 2022

When Are Men Dangerous? On Agency, Imagination, and What a Teacher Can Do

When Are Men Dangerous? On Agency, Imagination, and What a Teacher Can Do

Steve Edwards: “A story is a negotiation between what might have been, what is, and what still could be.”

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Against (the Very Idea of) Procrastination

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