How Writers Write Characters Who Are Writers Writing About Themselves; Or, But Is It Autofiction?

How Writers Write Characters Who Are Writers Writing About Themselves; Or, But Is It Autofiction?

Megan Cummins Explores the Porous Borders of Narrativizing Oneself on the Open Road

By Megan Cummins | August 5, 2025

What We Can Give Each Other: On Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”

What We Can Give Each Other: On Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”

Aaron Boehmer Considers the Hope in Human Connection

By Aaron Boehmer | August 4, 2025

Why a Nineteenth-Century Scandal of Class and Identity Still Speaks to Us

Why a Nineteenth-Century Scandal of Class and Identity Still Speaks to Us

Nell Stevens on the Tichborne Claimant Fraud and Creating the Possibility of a Different World Through Fiction

By Nell Stevens | August 4, 2025

What Jane Austen’s Possessions Reveal About Her Literary Ethos

What Jane Austen’s Possessions Reveal About Her Literary Ethos

Kathryn Sutherland Explores the Iconic Author’s Life and Work Through the Most Seemingly Mundane Objects

By Kathryn Sutherland | August 4, 2025

“Reading,” a Poem by Emily Skillings

“Reading,” a Poem by Emily Skillings

From the Collection “Tantrums in Air”

By Emily Skillings | August 4, 2025

A Happy One-Trick Multi-Book Pony: On Writing Novels About Art History

A Happy One-Trick Multi-Book Pony: On Writing Novels About Art History

B.A. Shapiro Follows Her Literary Footsteps Through Storied Museums

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Aymann Ismail on Asking the Right Questions (at the Right Time)

Aymann Ismail on Asking the Right Questions (at the Right Time)

“Memoirs ought to interrogate certainties.”

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Amy Silverberg Is Reading Now, and Next

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