“Soil,” a Poem by Paisley Rekdal

“Soil,” a Poem by Paisley Rekdal

From the Collection West: A Translation

By Paisley Rekdal | May 19, 2023

Invisible Lives: Cassandra Jackson on Keeping and Discovering Family Secrets

Invisible Lives: Cassandra Jackson on Keeping and Discovering Family Secrets

“Though our loss is still hers, she has a profound loss that is all her own.”

By Cassandra Jackson | May 19, 2023

It’s Very, Very Complicated: A Reading List of Friendships That Are All Over the Place

It’s Very, Very Complicated: A Reading List of Friendships That Are All Over the Place

Ore Agbaje-Williams Recommends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Elena Ferrante and More

By Ore Agbaje-Williams | May 19, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles by Emma Cline, Jonathan Eig, T. C. Boyle, Samantha Irby, and More

By Book Marks | May 19, 2023

At the Heart of My Novel Was The Story I Could Never Write

At the Heart of My Novel Was The Story I Could Never Write

Daisy Florin Finds the Inciting Incident in a Sexual Encounter She Didn't Have a Word For

By Daisy Alpert Florin | May 19, 2023

How Screenwriting Can Help You Write Stronger Fiction

How Screenwriting Can Help You Write Stronger Fiction

Crystal Smith Paul Offers Craft Advice that Spans the Spectum of Genre

By Crystal Smith Paul | May 19, 2023

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  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Cloudthief
  • Cool Machine
  • Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
  • Beginning Middle End
  • They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

The Person Who Wrote It Is Eating Ramen: Samantha Irby on Writing for TV

By The Maris Review | May 18, 2023

Looking Back at Earth From the Vantage of the Mars Space-Race

By Matthew Shindell | May 18, 2023

Why a Small-Town Record Store in Rural Pennsylvania Was My First Library

By Jolene McIlwain | May 18, 2023

“A Solid, Blue-Black World.” What William Beebe Found at the Bottom of the Ocean

“A Solid, Blue-Black World.” What William Beebe Found at the Bottom of the Ocean

Brad Fox on the History of Deep Sea Exploration

By Brad Fox | May 18, 2023

The Time Arthur Conan Doyle Got Pranked So Hard He Claimed Fairies Exist

The Time Arthur Conan Doyle Got Pranked So Hard He Claimed Fairies Exist

Katie Spalding Regrets To Inform You That The Sherlock Author Made an Elementary Mistake

By Katie Spalding | May 18, 2023

Announcing the Winners of the 92 Street Y Discovery Contest

Announcing the Winners of the 92 Street Y Discovery Contest

Read the Winning Poems Selected by Judges Kaveh Akbar, Tracie Morris and Simone White

By Literary Hub | May 18, 2023

Ty Burr on Why Hitchcock’s <em>Vertigo</em> Still Matters

Ty Burr on Why Hitchcock’s Vertigo Still Matters

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 18, 2023

The Stakes of the Writers’ Strike: Benjamin Percy on the WGA Walkout, Streaming, and the Survival of Screenwriting

The Stakes of the Writers’ Strike: Benjamin Percy on the WGA Walkout, Streaming, and the Survival of Screenwriting

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 18, 2023

Legally Literary: A Reading List of Lawyers (or Law Students) Turned Writers

Legally Literary: A Reading List of Lawyers (or Law Students) Turned Writers

Deepa Varadajan Recommends Elizabeth Strout, Mohsin Hamid, Daniyal Mueenuddin, and Many More

By Deepa Varadarajan | May 18, 2023

Revisiting Some Tiny Beautiful Things with Cheryl Strayed

Revisiting Some Tiny Beautiful Things with Cheryl Strayed

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | May 18, 2023

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