A Lot of Pain and A Lot of Humor: Ottessa Moshfegh on Dinah Brooke's <em>Lord Jim at Home</em>

A Lot of Pain and A Lot of Humor: Ottessa Moshfegh on Dinah Brooke's Lord Jim at Home

"I didn’t care, and I didn’t worry, but I was suspended, consistently and dramatically, in the mirage of the novel."

By Ottessa Moshfegh | September 14, 2023

What Writing Under the Constant Threat of Deluge Taught Me about the Creative Process

What Writing Under the Constant Threat of Deluge Taught Me about the Creative Process

Carol Dunbar on the Risk and Romance of Working in a Water Tower

By Carol Dunbar | September 14, 2023

Andy Borowitz and A. J. Jacobs on Living in the Age of Ignorance

Andy Borowitz and A. J. Jacobs on Living in the Age of Ignorance

The Authors of Profiles in Ignorance and The Year of Living Biblically in Conversation

By Literary Hub | September 14, 2023

“for my future babies,

“for my future babies," a Poem by India Lena González

From the Collection fox woman get out!

By India Lena Gonzalez | September 14, 2023

John Manuel Arias on Living With and Writing Ghosts

John Manuel Arias on Living With and Writing Ghosts

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 14, 2023

Leila Aboulela on the Coups in Africa

Leila Aboulela on the Coups in Africa

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 14, 2023

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James Frankie Thomas on Discovering His Trans Identity While Writing Fiction

James Frankie Thomas on Discovering His Trans Identity While Writing Fiction

"It’s both mystical and humiliating how your novel can know things before you yourself know them."

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"boys with hands behind necks," a Poem by Ntozake Shange

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Zakiya Dalila Harris on Bringing <em>The Other Black Girl</em> to TV

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“This story—and all stories—are pliable.”

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James Reich on Existential Fiction and the Imprint of Nature

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"In fiction, as in reality, we dismiss nature at our peril."

By James Reich | September 13, 2023

A Farewell (For Now) From Damian Barr's Literary Salon

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By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | September 13, 2023

On the Generative Nostalgia of Old Manuscripts

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Nick Ripatrazone Lets Go of an Old Story

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