• Features

    Writers on Writers

    To Be a Person: Barrett Swanson and Jordan Kisner in Conversation

    By Jordan Kisner  May 21, 2021
    Evolution

    Who Were the First Humans to Start Cooking Meat? And Why?

    By Alex Bezzerides  May 21, 2021
    Life in a Pandemic

    When a Year in the Life of Your Last-Chance Debut Novel Coincides with a Global Pandemic

    By Claire Cox  May 21, 2021
    Travel Writing

    The Curious Case of William S. Baekeland: Billionaire Adventurer or World-Class Scammer?

    By Dave Seminara  May 21, 2021
    Historical Fiction

    How Writing a Novel Is Like Decrypting a Cipher

    By Rafe Posey  May 21, 2021
    Keen On

    With Nationalism on the Rise, Is There a Future for the Center Left?

    By Keen On  May 21, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

    By John McPhee  May 21, 2021
    Interview with a Journal

    Interview with a Journal: Apogee

    By Vanessa Willoughby  May 21, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Why You Won’t Catch Ralph Nader Complaining About Food

    By The Literary Life  May 21, 2021
    New Books Network

    What if Humanity Isn’t the Final Stage of Evolution?

    By New Books Network  May 21, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns by Elizabeth Leiknes, Read by Corinthia M. Soukup

    By Behind the Mic   May 21, 2021
    Storytelling

    A Witness to the Human Experience: Why Medicine Needs Storytellers

    By David Weill, MD  May 20, 2021
    Revolutions

    A Revolutionary Reading List from PEN America’s World Voices Festival

    By Literary Hub  May 20, 2021
    Poets

    Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

    By Nick Ripatrazone  May 20, 2021
    Feminist History

    Mary Wollstonecraft is a Double Taurus, Or: How an Astrologer Helped Unstick My Novel

    By Samantha Silva  May 20, 2021
    Literary Adaptations

    How Does a Book Get Adapted for TV or Film?

    By Chaya Bhuvaneswar  May 20, 2021
    Open Form

    R.O. Kwon on the Joy of Seeing a New Kind of Korean Childhood in Minari

    By Open Form  May 20, 2021
    Just the Right Book

    Can We Salvage Patriotism? Should We?

    By Just the Right Book   May 20, 2021
    Reading Lists

    How to Understand the 1960s in 11 Books

    By Mike Bond  May 20, 2021
    War

    The Arsenal of Imperialism: How Arbitrary Borders Make Unequal People

    By Suchitra Vijayan  May 20, 2021
    Classics

    How Ancient Tales Became a Rallying Cry for Modern Women

    By Phoebe Wynne  May 20, 2021
    Keen On

    Barrett Swanson on the Search for Reality in a “Post-Truth” America

    By Keen On  May 20, 2021
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Carolin Benack and Sanjena Sathian on the Fiction of the Economy and the Dangerous Appeal of Excess

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 20, 2021
    American History

    The “Mystic Inklings” and Savvy Business Acumen of Victoria Woodhull

    By Emily Midorikawa  May 20, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Elizabeth McCracken on Placing Her Characters in New Settings

    By The Maris Review  May 20, 2021
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