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8 Great Novels That Take Place Over the Course of a Day

8 Great Novels That Take Place Over the Course of a Day

Sonya Huber Recommends Virginia Woolf, Ian McEwan, Bernadette Mayer, and More

By Sonya Huber | October 19, 2021

Tiphanie Yanique on Moving Beyond Traditional Hero Narratives

Tiphanie Yanique on Moving Beyond Traditional Hero Narratives

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Monster in the Middle

By Jane Ciabattari | October 19, 2021

How Photography Shaped Wright Morris’s Fiction

How Photography Shaped Wright Morris’s Fiction

This Week From the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | October 19, 2021

Seeking Solace in <em>Go Ask Alice</em> as a Queer Teen

Seeking Solace in Go Ask Alice as a Queer Teen

Nathan Smith Finds Hints of Hope in a Literary Hoax

By Nathan Smith | October 19, 2021

Forrest Gander on Grief, Translation, and Sharing Joy in Times of Suffering

Forrest Gander on Grief, Translation, and Sharing Joy in Times of Suffering

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 19, 2021

TaraShea Nesbit on Tove Jansson, <em>Matilda</em>, and <em>The Autobiography of Malcolm X</em>

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Rapid-fire book recs from the author of Beheld

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Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

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“The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of <em>Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</em>

“The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

How John le Carré's Masterpiece Was First Received

By Book Marks | October 18, 2021

On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

Louise Fein Considers How the Misunderstood Neurological Disorder Has Been Unfairly Portrayed in Popular Fiction

By Louise Fein | October 18, 2021

Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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On the Compulsion and Seduction of Mystery Tales

On the Compulsion and Seduction of Mystery Tales

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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<em>Oedipus</em> at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

Oedipus at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

Bryan Doerries on the Communal Possibilities of Theater

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Betsy Bonner on <em>Wuthering Heights</em>, <em>Bluets</em>, and Mary Gaitskill's Sex Scenes

Betsy Bonner on Wuthering Heights, Bluets, and Mary Gaitskill's Sex Scenes

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Jonathan Franzen on Reckoning with the Limits and Purposes of Writing Novels

Jonathan Franzen on Reckoning with the Limits and Purposes of Writing Novels

This Week on the Radio Open Source Podcast

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