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Announcing the Winners of the 2023 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Announcing the Winners of the 2023 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Lauren Groff on This Year's Winners and the "Infinitely Malleable, Gorgeously Economical, and Endlessly Surprising" Short Story Form

By Lauren Groff | April 24, 2023

The Monstrousness Lurking Inside Motherhood

The Monstrousness Lurking Inside Motherhood

Amanda Parrish Morgan on Claire Dederer, Mary Shelley, Rachel Yoder, and the Warped Self

By Amanda Parrish Morgan | April 24, 2023

What is <em>The Power</em> Trying to Say?

What is The Power Trying to Say?

Without the Novel’s Allegorical Framing, the New Adaptation Feels Like a Hollow Empowerment Fantasy

By Alexis Gunderson | April 24, 2023

Aleksandar Hemon on Sarajevo, Jerusalem, and the Political Power of “Macaronic” Language

Aleksandar Hemon on Sarajevo, Jerusalem, and the Political Power of “Macaronic” Language

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 24, 2023

On Smuggling a Book Into the Psych Ward

On Smuggling a Book Into the Psych Ward

Jonathan Rosen Enters a Friend’s Delusions Under the Pull of Shared History

By Jonathan Rosen | April 24, 2023

<em>Black Shakespeare</em>: Ian Smith on Systematic Whiteness and Transforming the Way We Interpret Shakespeare

Black Shakespeare: Ian Smith on Systematic Whiteness and Transforming the Way We Interpret Shakespeare

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 24, 2023

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“Equinox ‘75,” a Poem by Ursula Le Guin

By Ursula K. Le Guin | April 24, 2023

Sam Lee on the Musical Kinship Between Folk Music and Birdsong

By Emergence Magazine | April 24, 2023

Ruchira Gupta on Empowering Girls to Fight Against Child Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

By Keen On | April 24, 2023

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar on Resisting Al Qaeda, Reading John Stuart Mill, and Eating a Good Kebab

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar on Resisting Al Qaeda, Reading John Stuart Mill, and Eating a Good Kebab

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 24, 2023

Peter Grinspoon, MD, Untangles the Truth About Marijuana

Peter Grinspoon, MD, Untangles the Truth About Marijuana

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 24, 2023

“Reversible Poem in Dishwater,” a Poem by Emily Lee Luan

“Reversible Poem in Dishwater,” a Poem by Emily Lee Luan

From the Collection 回 / Return

By Emily Lee Luan | April 24, 2023

Andrew Porter on the Strange Nature of Short Stories Mirroring Each Other

Andrew Porter on the Strange Nature of Short Stories Mirroring Each Other

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 24, 2023

Pattiann Rogers on the “Flicker” that Connects All Life in Her Poems

Pattiann Rogers on the “Flicker” that Connects All Life in Her Poems

Leslie Lindsay Talks to the Author of Flickering

By Leslie Lindsay | April 24, 2023

Take a Sigh of Relief: <em>Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.</em> is Wonderful

Take a Sigh of Relief: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is Wonderful

The 53-Year Wait Was Worth It

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 21, 2023

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 David Grann, Han Kang, Ramona Ausubel, and More

By Book Marks | April 21, 2023

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