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Why We'll Never Get Tired of Literary Retellings

Why We'll Never Get Tired of Literary Retellings

Meg Donohue on the Enduring Appeal of Updating Old Stories

By Meg Donohue | May 28, 2019

Comics Legend Seth Talks Virginia Woolf, Charles Schulz, and His Latest Book

Comics Legend Seth Talks Virginia Woolf, Charles Schulz, and His Latest Book

In Conversation with Drew and Christopher on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | May 28, 2019

The Uncertain Future of Sweden's Floating Libraries

The Uncertain Future of Sweden's Floating Libraries

On the Boats Bringing Books to Thousands Who Need Them

By Anjie Zheng | May 24, 2019

On the Labels Attached to <em>Friday Black</em> and the Booksellers Responsible for its Success

On the Labels Attached to Friday Black and the Booksellers Responsible for its Success

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | May 24, 2019

Trying to Convince Jeff Jarvis the Internet is Bad for Democracy

Trying to Convince Jeff Jarvis the Internet is Bad for Democracy

The Author of What Would Google Do in Conversation
with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 24, 2019

Billy Kahora on Binyavanga Wainaina's Groundbreaking Work

Billy Kahora on Binyavanga Wainaina's Groundbreaking Work

"Nothing was impossible for a writer like him."

By Billy Kahora | May 24, 2019

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Kim Adrian on Listening to What Our Nonfiction Is Trying to Tell Us

By Kim Adrian | May 24, 2019

On Cora Crane and the Literary Women Who Prop Up Literary Men

By Jaime Fuller | May 24, 2019

Scent and Sensibility: 5 Olfactory Novels

By Erica Bauermeister | May 24, 2019

Hilary Plum on Terrorism, Autoimmune Disease, and Blurring the Self/Other Line

Hilary Plum on Terrorism, Autoimmune Disease, and Blurring the Self/Other Line

In Conversation with Eric LeMay on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | May 24, 2019

Struggling to Mine Family History for My Novel

Struggling to Mine Family History for My Novel

Roxana Robinson on Capturing Her Great-grandfather in Fiction

By Roxana Robinson | May 24, 2019

What Happens When You Pose as Susan Sontag on Twitter?

What Happens When You Pose as Susan Sontag on Twitter?

Rebecca Brill on Inhabiting the Diaries of a Great Mind

By Rebecca Brill | May 23, 2019

Ryan Chapman on Stolen Ideas and How Dark Your Comedy Can Go

Ryan Chapman on Stolen Ideas and How Dark Your Comedy Can Go

The Author of Riots I Have Known in Conversation with Maris Kreizman

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Real or Fake? Stuck in the Glitching Reality of Contemporary America

Real or Fake? Stuck in the Glitching Reality of Contemporary America

Laurence Scott on Orrin Hatch's Glasses
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By Laurence Scott | May 23, 2019

Kevin Powers on an Unsung Classic of American <br>Nature Writing

Kevin Powers on an Unsung Classic of American
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Why John Graves’ Goodbye to a River Deserves an
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As a Teacher of Gothic Lit, I Should Have Known Better Than to Move into a Haunted House

As a Teacher of Gothic Lit, I Should Have Known Better Than to Move into a Haunted House

Emily Waples: A Fable of Modern-Day Homeownership

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