The First Lesbian: How Sappho’s Poetry Paved the Way for Modern Queer Literature

The First Lesbian: How Sappho’s Poetry Paved the Way for Modern Queer Literature

Daisy Dunn on Sappho's Genre-Defying Verses and the Invention of the Term “Lesbian”

By Daisy Dunn | July 30, 2024

From Senegal to the Virgin Islands: The Weirdness of Having Fun While Writing About Historical Trauma

From Senegal to the Virgin Islands: The Weirdness of Having Fun While Writing About Historical Trauma

Mai Sennaar on Alfred Hitchcock, Cheikh Anta Diop, and an Unexpected Antidote to Writer’s Block

By Mai Sennaar | July 30, 2024

Clown School is Terrifying, But It Made Me a Better Writer

Clown School is Terrifying, But It Made Me a Better Writer

Alison Espach on Finding Her Inner Clown, Public Failure, and Interrogating Your Writing

By Alison Espach | July 30, 2024

90s Book Club: The Vacuum Vagina with Ryan Bradford

90s Book Club: The Vacuum Vagina with Ryan Bradford

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | July 30, 2024

On Lying About Reading, or: How I Learned That Stieg Larsson Is Good, Actually

On Lying About Reading, or: How I Learned That Stieg Larsson Is Good, Actually

Sara Martin Considers the Motivations Behind Our Literary Untruths

By Sara Martin | July 29, 2024

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of July

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of July

The Month in Literary Listening

By Audiofile Magazine | July 29, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

From the Trenches: New Work by Ukrainian Poet and Soldier Artur Dron 

By Literary Hub | July 29, 2024

Dangerous Solastalgia: On Writing in the Midst of Climate Grief

By Ashley Shelby | July 29, 2024

Atomic Fallacy: Why Nuclear Power Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

By M.V. Ramana | July 29, 2024

Paolo Bacigalupi on Getting Re-inspired After Failed Projects

Paolo Bacigalupi on Getting Re-inspired After Failed Projects

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | July 29, 2024

Kevin Barry on Balancing Wildness and Control

Kevin Barry on Balancing Wildness and Control

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 29, 2024

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 Sarah Manguso, Anne Applebaum, Shalom Auslander, and More

By Book Marks | July 26, 2024

Chaos Is My Co-Pilot: In Praise of Tumultuous, Unruly Storytelling

Chaos Is My Co-Pilot: In Praise of Tumultuous, Unruly Storytelling

Jen Fawkes on Discovering the Virtues of Volatility in Historical Fiction

By Jen Fawkes | July 26, 2024

Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)

Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)

Lauren Markham: “Becoming lost within my profession helped me find my way back again.”

By Lauren Markham | July 26, 2024

What Mary Renault’s <em>The Last of the Wine</em> Reveals About Athletes, Ancient and Modern

What Mary Renault’s The Last of the Wine Reveals About Athletes, Ancient and Modern

Justin Muchnick on His All-Time Favorite Novel of the Olympic Games

By Justin Muchnick | July 26, 2024

Phil Christman on the Poetics of Place

Phil Christman on the Poetics of Place

“I fear the obvious so much that my evasions of it have sometimes made me ridiculous.”

By Phil Christman | July 26, 2024

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