The Complicated Experience of Reading a Late Friend’s Novel

The Complicated Experience of Reading a Late Friend’s Novel

“I learned later that he had left a piece of paper with four stark words on it: ’Suicide notes are tacky.‘”

By Matthew Hays | December 20, 2023

Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Daniel Kiel and Lori Ringhand Speak with Stanford University Press

By Literary Hub | December 20, 2023

Andrew Pettegree on Books and War

Andrew Pettegree on Books and War

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 20, 2023

Jane Smiley on What It’s Like to Have Your Book Banned

Jane Smiley on What It’s Like to Have Your Book Banned

In Conversation with Tai Caputo From Iowa City’s City High School Student Paper

By Tai Caputo | December 19, 2023

David Remnick on the Continued Gift of the Written Word

David Remnick on the Continued Gift of the Written Word

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | December 19, 2023

The Woefully Neglected (and Partially Unfilmable) Creations of Alasdair Gray

The Woefully Neglected (and Partially Unfilmable) Creations of Alasdair Gray

Jonathan Russell Clark on Poor Things and Its Adaptation

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 19, 2023

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Louise Kennedy on Discovering Fiction’s Complex Emotional Truths

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The Author of Lazy City on Creative Intentionality and Subverting the Trauma Plot

By Lucie Elven | December 18, 2023

Bedridden Listening: Sarah Wheeler on the Transformative Experience of Listening to Audiobooks While Ill

Bedridden Listening: Sarah Wheeler on the Transformative Experience of Listening to Audiobooks While Ill

The Co-Host of Mother Culture on Becoming a Different Kind of Reader

By Sarah Wheeler | December 18, 2023

Sakiru Adebayo on the Diasporization of African Literature

Sakiru Adebayo on the Diasporization of African Literature

Writing Without the Certainty of Return

By Sakiru Adebayo | December 18, 2023

Paul Harding on Receiving Gifts from the Universe

Paul Harding on Receiving Gifts from the Universe

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 18, 2023

Baron Wormser on the Subtle Art of Attunement

Baron Wormser on the Subtle Art of Attunement

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | December 18, 2023

Max Marshall on the Darkness Behind Fraternities

Max Marshall on the Darkness Behind Fraternities

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 18, 2023

Andrea Elliott on Her Passion for Immersive Journalism

Andrea Elliott on Her Passion for Immersive Journalism

In Conversation with Ayad Akhtar on Sun Valley Writers’ Conference’s Beyond the Page

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | December 18, 2023

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