The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

Jonathan Wells Recommends Sam Lipsyte, E.L. Doctorow, Vivian Gornick, and More

By Jonathan Wells | December 14, 2023

Notable Literary Deaths in 2023

Notable Literary Deaths in 2023

An Incomplete List of the Writers, Editors, and Great Literary Minds We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 14, 2023

“Revenge.” A Poem by Taha Muhammad Ali

“Revenge.” A Poem by Taha Muhammad Ali

From the Collection "Hymns & Qualms: New and Selected Poems and Translations" by Peter Cole

By Peter Cole | December 14, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Zucker is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Zucker is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Mary Ruefle, Nicole Sealey, Joy Harjo, and More

By Diana Arterian | December 14, 2023

Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

Kelly Marie Coyne on Women Writers, Role Models, and Miss Americana

By Kelly Marie Coyne | December 14, 2023

Sarah Blakley-Cartwright On How Should a Mother Behave

Sarah Blakley-Cartwright On How Should a Mother Behave

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 14, 2023

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David Keen on Why Failed Policies Keep Going

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What’s Old is New Again (and Again): On the Cyclical Nature of Nostalgia

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Tobias Becker Explores Popular Culture’s Continued Revival of the Past

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Micheal O’Siadhail on the Pleasure of Writing Poems by Hand

Micheal O’Siadhail on the Pleasure of Writing Poems by Hand

The Author of Desire Charts His Journey from Pencils to Typewriters to Computers and Back

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The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

Maura Lammers Considers the Role of Inaction in Fiction and in Real Life

By Maura Lammers | December 13, 2023

Phyllis Rose on Writing About Real People in Nonfiction, Making Your Diaries Public, and More

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Rumena Bužarovska Talks with the Author of The Year of Reading Proust

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Judith Tick on How Ella Fitzgerald Transformed America

Judith Tick on How Ella Fitzgerald Transformed America

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Anne Enright on Growing Up in Ireland

Anne Enright on Growing Up in Ireland

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One Naomi, Two Naomis, Three: The Too-Real Experience of Reading Naomi Klein’s <em>Doppelgänger</em>

One Naomi, Two Naomis, Three: The Too-Real Experience of Reading Naomi Klein’s Doppelgänger

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