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When Awe Meets Narrative: On Chasing Local Folklore at the Edge of the Ocean

When Awe Meets Narrative: On Chasing Local Folklore at the Edge of the Ocean

In Which Emily Urquhart Explores Villain/Helper Tropes in a Small Maritime Town

By Emily Urquhart | October 28, 2022

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in November

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in November

Settle In, It’s Going to Be a Long Winter

By Emily Temple | October 28, 2022

From the Abstract to the Everyday: How Stories Dominate Every Facet of Our Lives

From the Abstract to the Everyday: How Stories Dominate Every Facet of Our Lives

Peter Brooks on the Narrative Takeover of Society

By Peter Brooks | October 28, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Of Novels by Cormac McCarthy, Philip K. Dick, Barbara Kingsolver, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2022

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Finding Solace in the Sad and Sapphic

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Finding Solace in the Sad and Sapphic

Book Recommendations for the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | October 27, 2022

“I’d Read Her Grocery Lists.” On Cooking with Sylvia Plath

“I’d Read Her Grocery Lists.” On Cooking with Sylvia Plath

Eliza Dumais Navigates the Intersection of the Domestic and the Literary

By Eliza Dumais | October 27, 2022

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Lydia Millet on the Lack of Empathetic Characters in Fiction

By The Maris Review | October 27, 2022

WATCH: Billy-Ray Belcourt Discusses His Debut Novel, A Minor Chorus

By The Virtual Book Channel | October 27, 2022

Ingrid Rojas Contreras on What’s Gained by Losing Language

By Micro Podcast | October 27, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Ross Gay is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Ross Gay is Reading Now and Next

A Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | October 27, 2022

Read These 10 Books That Actually Scared Us... If You Dare

Read These 10 Books That Actually Scared Us... If You Dare

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By Emily Temple | October 26, 2022

Darryl Pinckney on Working for the <em>New York Review of Books</em> and Navigating New York City’s Literary Scene as a Young Black Writer

Darryl Pinckney on Working for the New York Review of Books and Navigating New York City’s Literary Scene as a Young Black Writer

“Bob and Barbara are dinosaurs and we’re these mammals running around afraid of getting squashed.”

By Darryl Pinckney | October 26, 2022

“Before the Words Became Pages, We Were Eating.” Why Kay Ulanday Barrett’s Best Poems Are About Food

“Before the Words Became Pages, We Were Eating.” Why Kay Ulanday Barrett’s Best Poems Are About Food

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | October 26, 2022

Merve Emre: Why Going Viral on Twitter Makes You Non-Human in the Public Sphere

Merve Emre: Why Going Viral on Twitter Makes You Non-Human in the Public Sphere

This Week on Twitterverse, a Show About Tweets and the Writers Who Send Them

By Twitterverse | October 25, 2022

In Service of the Avant Garde: On the Unlikely Success<br> of Siglio Press

In Service of the Avant Garde: On the Unlikely Success
of Siglio Press

Elissa Schappell Talks to Independent Publisher Lisa Pearson

By Elissa Schappell | October 25, 2022

Lee Child and Andrew Child on Discipline, Dread, and Writing Late at Night

Lee Child and Andrew Child on Discipline, Dread, and Writing Late at Night

And Why There’s No Point in Trying to Organize a Bookshelf

By Literary Hub | October 25, 2022

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