• Features

    Reading List

    Amanda Montei on Seven Novels That Explore Consent and Coercion

    By Amanda Montei  October 9, 2023
    Youth

    McKenzie Wark Writes a Letter to Her Younger Self

    By McKenzie Wark  October 9, 2023
    In Conversation

    Black Girl Group Magic: The Marvelettes on How They Became Motown Music Legends

    By Literary Hub  October 9, 2023
    International Literature

    Derangement and Estrangement: On Poetic Turbulence in Translation

    By Joyelle McSweeney  October 9, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Hilary Leichter on the Partnership Between Reader and Writer

    By Hilary Leichter  October 6, 2023
    Robots

    Robots Are People, Too: On the Ways Writers Use Non-Human Characters to Tell Human Stories

    By Dan Hope  October 6, 2023
    In Conversation

    In Praise of Mariah Carey

    By Literary Hub  October 6, 2023
    Terrorism

    What A Long History of Terror Tells Us About Modern France

    By Nabila Ramdani  October 6, 2023
    Cundill History Prize

    How Recycled American Batteries Pollute Communities Around the World

    By James Morton Turner  October 6, 2023
    What to Watch

    Liberatory Art: What Passages Achieves in the History of Cinema and Desire

    By Frank Falisi  October 6, 2023
    What to Watch

    Iain Reid on Seeing Foe Come to Life on Screen

    By Iain Reid  October 6, 2023
    Poetry

    “Napping after Cancer,” a Poem by Dan O’Brien

    By Dan O'Brien  October 6, 2023
    Future Fables

    Listen to a Future Fable from Ellen van Neerven: “The Eagle’s Daughters”

    By Future Fables  October 6, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  October 6, 2023
    Creativity

    A Crisis of Faith: Pauls Toutonghi on Finding Purpose in Creativity

    By Pauls Toutonghi  October 5, 2023
    Craft

    Whose Mary Is It Anyway? Anne Eekhout on Fictionalizing Mary Shelley

    By Anne Eekhout  October 5, 2023
    On Memoir

    The Catharsis of Writing About Sex in Memoir

    By Minda Honey  October 5, 2023
    Cundill History Prize

    The (Not So) Lost Buddhisms of India

    By Douglas Ober  October 5, 2023
    Poems

    “Tender Publics,” a Poem by Lindsay Turner

    By Lindsay Turner  October 5, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Alex Reisner on Covering Books3 and Fighting Piracy

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 5, 2023
    The Maris Review

    C Pam Zhang on Food, Wealth, and Pressure

    By The Maris Review  October 5, 2023
    Future Fables

    Listen to a Future Fable from George Walker: “The Seasonal Scurry”

    By Future Fables  October 5, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 5, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Meet the 13 Writers on the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

    By Literary Hub  October 5, 2023
    The Journey That Matters

    WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Characters of Color

    By Arwen Curry  October 4, 2023
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