Rebecca Makkai on Progress, Misogyny, and #MeToo

Rebecca Makkai on Progress, Misogyny, and #MeToo

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 12, 2023

Vincent Schiraldi on the Illusions of the American Criminal Justice System

Vincent Schiraldi on the Illusions of the American Criminal Justice System

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 12, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"The book is a naked attempt by a twilight superstar to shore up his legacy"

By Book Marks | October 12, 2023

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Her Writing Process

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Her Writing Process

“I am not one of those writers that hates writing.”

By Arwen Curry | October 11, 2023

The Pleasures of a Pessimistic Literary Escape: Jessie Gaynor on Edith Wharton’s <em>The Glimpses of the Moon</em>

The Pleasures of a Pessimistic Literary Escape: Jessie Gaynor on Edith Wharton’s The Glimpses of the Moon

"Even when writing an escapist romance, Wharton is inescapably herself"

By Jessie Gaynor | October 11, 2023

How to Write a Memoir When You're Sick With Cancer

How to Write a Memoir When You're Sick With Cancer

Dan O'Brien on Cancer and Honesty

By Dan O'Brien | October 11, 2023

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Faith, Power, and Survival: What Ruled Life in Early-Medieval England

By David Mitchell | October 11, 2023

How Horror Helps Us Confront and Understand Grief and Loss

By Alexandra Dos Santos | October 11, 2023

Andy Mitchell on the Future of Psychedelics

By Keen On | October 11, 2023

Hua Hsu on Finding the Future in the Past

Hua Hsu on Finding the Future in the Past

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | October 11, 2023

Jennifer Baker on Hoping Her Book Will Help Teens

Jennifer Baker on Hoping Her Book Will Help Teens

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | October 11, 2023

Fear of Indirect Contact: Todd Portnowitz on Translating Jhumpa Lahiri

Fear of Indirect Contact: Todd Portnowitz on Translating Jhumpa Lahiri

"We resent that there’s an interpretive element to translation."

By Todd Portnowitz | October 10, 2023

Domestic Yet Universal: Rumaan Alam on Helen Garner's <em>The Children's Bach</em>

Domestic Yet Universal: Rumaan Alam on Helen Garner's The Children's Bach

"This is a story about how life happens to all of us."

By Rumaan Alam | October 10, 2023

Writing as Transformation: Who Paul Yoon Needed to Become to Finish His Book

Writing as Transformation: Who Paul Yoon Needed to Become to Finish His Book

Laura van den Berg Speaks with the Author of The Hive and the Honey

By Laura van den Berg | October 10, 2023

No One Ever Said It: On the Long History of

No One Ever Said It: On the Long History of "Ye Olde" in English

Hana Videen on Chaucer, Hamlet, and the Evolution of Middle and Old English

By Hana Videen | October 10, 2023

Why the Russian Protest Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky Still Matter Today

Why the Russian Protest Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky Still Matter Today

Phillip Metres on Political Literature, Classical Forms, and What Outsiders Get Wrong About Russian Poetry

By Philip Metres | October 10, 2023

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