Why Online Dating Spells the End of the Meet Cute

Why Online Dating Spells the End of the Meet Cute

Lauren Forsythe on Romance Fiction and Why We Tend to Transform Love into Narratives

By Lauren Forsythe | September 29, 2023

Isle McElroy on the Art of the Sex Scene

Isle McElroy on the Art of the Sex Scene

"Desire is always silly, and self-serious, and enormous, and and and and and and."

By Isle McElroy | September 29, 2023

How Iowa City, Hub of Literature, Became a Landmark for Cinephiles

How Iowa City, Hub of Literature, Became a Landmark for Cinephiles

Hannah Bonner Formally Introduces the Refocus Film Festival

By Hannah Bonner | September 29, 2023

Listen to a Future Fable from Stephen Graham Jones: “The Three Golden Nails

Listen to a Future Fable from Stephen Graham Jones: “The Three Golden Nails"

From Our Future Fables Podcast Series, in Partnership with Aesop

By Future Fables | September 29, 2023

Nathan Hill on the Biggest Surprise of His Literary Career

Nathan Hill on the Biggest Surprise of His Literary Career

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | September 29, 2023

"Happy New Year," a Poem by Lisa Olstein

From the Collection Dream Apartment

By Lisa Olstein | September 29, 2023

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For Your Listening Pleasure: The Best Audiobooks of September

By Literary Hub | September 29, 2023

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September's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

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You Too? Kim DeRose on Telling and Retelling Stories of Sexual Assault

You Too? Kim DeRose on Telling and Retelling Stories of Sexual Assault

"When we craft stories, we don’t necessarily write ourselves; sometimes we write the characters and stories we need to see."

By Kim DeRose | September 28, 2023

Searching For Agnes Martin

Searching For Agnes Martin

"Why does one artist fall in love with another’s art?"

By Brian Teare | September 28, 2023

Evolutionary Links: What Great Apes Tell Us About Being Human

Evolutionary Links: What Great Apes Tell Us About Being Human

From Alison Bashford's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution

By Alison Bashford | September 28, 2023

The 17 Best Book Covers of September

The 17 Best Book Covers of September

The Latest Fall Fashions

By Emily Temple | September 28, 2023

Brooklyn Public Library’s Leigh Hurwitz on Helping Young People Resist Censorship

Brooklyn Public Library’s Leigh Hurwitz on Helping Young People Resist Censorship

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 28, 2023

"Notice to Appear," a Poem by Leslie Sainz

From the Collection Have You Been Long Enough at Table

By Leslie Sainz | September 28, 2023

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