Ann Patchett on Oscar Hijuelos' Lush, Elegiac Novel Full of Music and Sex

Ann Patchett on Oscar Hijuelos' Lush, Elegiac Novel Full of Music and Sex

"Bless the novels that provide accounts of the world that came before."

By Ann Patchett | October 9, 2023

Amanda Montei on Seven Novels That Explore Consent and Coercion

Amanda Montei on Seven Novels That Explore Consent and Coercion

The Author of Touched Out Recommends J.M. Coetzee, Kathy Acker, and More

By Amanda Montei | October 9, 2023

McKenzie Wark Writes a Letter to Her Younger Self

McKenzie Wark Writes a Letter to Her Younger Self

On Love and Money, Sex and Death in Australia

By McKenzie Wark | October 9, 2023

Black Girl Group Magic: The Marvelettes on How They Became Motown Music Legends

Black Girl Group Magic: The Marvelettes on How They Became Motown Music Legends

"The next thing that we knew 'Please Mr. Postman' was number one on the Billboard chart"

By Literary Hub | October 9, 2023

Derangement and Estrangement: On Poetic Turbulence in Translation

Derangement and Estrangement: On Poetic Turbulence in Translation

Joyelle McSweeney Considers Hussein Barghouthi's The Blue Light and Kim Hyesoon's Phantom Pain Wings

By Joyelle McSweeney | October 9, 2023

Hilary Leichter on the Partnership Between Reader and Writer

Hilary Leichter on the Partnership Between Reader and Writer

"When a book arrives somewhere emotionally moving, it’s because the reader has helped put it there."

By Hilary Leichter | October 6, 2023

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Robots Are People, Too: On the Ways Writers Use Non-Human Characters to Tell Human Stories

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In Praise of Mariah Carey

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How Recycled American Batteries Pollute Communities Around the World

How Recycled American Batteries Pollute Communities Around the World

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Liberatory Art: What <em>Passages</em> Achieves in the History of Cinema and Desire

Liberatory Art: What Passages Achieves in the History of Cinema and Desire

”Passages can mean so much without us strip-mining its parts for parts.”

By Frank Falisi | October 6, 2023

Iain Reid on Seeing <em>Foe</em> Come to Life on Screen

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"Napping after Cancer," a Poem by Dan O'Brien

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Listen to a Future Fable from Ellen van Neerven:

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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

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A Crisis of Faith: Pauls Toutonghi on Finding Purpose in Creativity

A Crisis of Faith: Pauls Toutonghi on Finding Purpose in Creativity

"I had created something—something that I’d honestly thought of as maybe a little brilliant but also maybe a little crazy."

By Pauls Toutonghi | October 5, 2023

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