The New Outliers: How Creative Nonfiction Became a Legitimate, Serious Genre

The New Outliers: How Creative Nonfiction Became a Legitimate, Serious Genre

Lee Gutkind on the Birth and Surprising History of a Different Type of Narrative Form

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Kyle Beachy on the Mystery Origins of Skateboarding

Kyle Beachy on the Mystery Origins of Skateboarding

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | December 13, 2021

<em>Stuntboy, in the Meantime</em> by Jason Reynolds, Read by a Full Cast

Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds, Read by a Full Cast

Excellent and Lively Family Listening

By Behind the Mic | December 13, 2021

On Hora de Clarice, read an excerpt from Clarice Lispector's new stories for children.

On Hora de Clarice, read an excerpt from Clarice Lispector's new stories for children.

By Literary Hub | December 10, 2021

On Melville, Mendacity, and Letting the Unknowable Find Its Way in Your Writing

On Melville, Mendacity, and Letting the Unknowable Find Its Way in Your Writing

David Kirby Plumbs the Uncertain Depths of Art and Truth

By David Kirby | December 10, 2021

Could Guillermo del Toro’s <em>Nightmare Alley</em> Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

Could Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

Olivia Rutigliano on the Self-Sabotaging Desire to Show One’s Hand

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 10, 2021

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“How Did We Get Stuck?” David Wengrow on Imagining Alternatives To Our Current Systems

“How Did We Get Stuck?” David Wengrow on Imagining Alternatives To Our Current Systems

The Co-Author of The Dawn of Everything on Radio Open Source

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Time Is Water: On the Past, Present, and Looming Future of Venice

Time Is Water: On the Past, Present, and Looming Future of Venice

The Newly Released Fifth Siren Podcast Recommends Books About the Iconic Italian City

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Valerie Miles on the Craft of Curating Translators

Valerie Miles on the Craft of Curating Translators

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | December 10, 2021

Puncturing a Dream: On the Dark-Edged Fantasy of the Ballerina and Traditional Femininity

Puncturing a Dream: On the Dark-Edged Fantasy of the Ballerina and Traditional Femininity

Rachel Kapelke-Dale Revisits the End of Her Former Life in Dance

By Rachel Kapelke-Dale | December 10, 2021

Jonathan Karl on the Aftermath of the Trump Presidency

Jonathan Karl on the Aftermath of the Trump Presidency

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 10, 2021

Paul Mason on How to Stop Fascism

Paul Mason on How to Stop Fascism

Hosted by the Hay Festival Winter Weekend

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Cara Blue Adams on How to Build a Short Story Collection

Cara Blue Adams on How to Build a Short Story Collection

What Does a Collection Offer that a Single Story Cannot?

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