“Some People Just Treat Africa Like a Blank Canvas.” Chibundu Onuzo on Making Room for the Real in Fiction

“Some People Just Treat Africa Like a Blank Canvas.” Chibundu Onuzo on Making Room for the Real in Fiction

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

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How to Reframe the Strangeness of <em>The Plague</em> as Sci-Fi Noir

How to Reframe the Strangeness of The Plague as Sci-Fi Noir

Sunra Thompson on Finding Inspiration in "Low" Genres to Reimagine Albert Camus

By Sunra Thompson | November 24, 2021

Aimee Bender on Creating Structure to Ward Off Writing Dread

Aimee Bender on Creating Structure to Ward Off Writing Dread

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | November 24, 2021

Mina Seçkin on Ferrante, Nabokov, and <em>The Phantom Tollbooth</em>

Mina Seçkin on Ferrante, Nabokov, and The Phantom Tollbooth

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of The Four Humors

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We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

The Late Activist and Congressman in Conversation with C-SPAN's Brian Lamb

By John Lewis | November 24, 2021

Behind the Scenes of David Fincher’s <em>Fight Club</em>

Behind the Scenes of David Fincher’s Fight Club

Adam Nayman on the Production and Cultural Impact of the Still-Controversial Film

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Sarah Hall on Creating Female Characters with Agency

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How Black Spiritual Songs Gave Rise to New Musical Genres

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Joanna FitzPatrick on Blending History and Fiction in Her New Book

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Why Stories Are Like Taking Drugs

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Jonathan Gottschall on the Human Need To Silence Your Inner Voice

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<em>The Lincoln Highway</em> by Amor Towles, Read by a Full Cast

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Sam Quinones on Finding Hope in the Time of Fentanyl

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