In Defense of the Literary Happily Ever After

In Defense of the Literary Happily Ever After

Sarah McCoy on the Restorative Catharsis of a Happy Ending

By Sarah McCoy | May 26, 2022

A Poetics of Risk: On Publishing My Debut Novel in My 60s

A Poetics of Risk: On Publishing My Debut Novel in My 60s

Lisa Russ Spaar Explores the Pleasures of Finding New Ground

By Lisa Russ Spaar | May 26, 2022

Sunila Galappatti on the #GotaGoHome Protests in Sri Lanka

Sunila Galappatti on the #GotaGoHome Protests in Sri Lanka

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 26, 2022

Simon Parkin on an Unlikely Group of WWII Internees on the Isle of Man

Simon Parkin on an Unlikely Group of WWII Internees on the Isle of Man

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | May 26, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Joshua Ferris on Dan Chaon, Maggie Shipstead on Elif Batuman, Jeff VanderMeer on Kim Stanley Robinson, and more

By Book Marks | May 26, 2022

Is it Possible to Change the Way We Think About Work?

Is it Possible to Change the Way We Think About Work?

James Suzman Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | May 26, 2022

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Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao, Read by Neo Cihi

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Buddhism’s <em>Dukkha</em> and Hamlet’s Dust: On Shakespeare’s Spiritual Wisdom

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Lauren Shufran on How Reading Shakespeare Helped Her Better Read Herself

By Lauren Shufran | May 25, 2022

On the Foods We Bring From Deepest Childhood Into Grown-Up Life

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Lily King on Baking Elephant Ears

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The 2022 Bay Area Book Festival in Six Acts

The 2022 Bay Area Book Festival in Six Acts

Jane Ciabattari Documents Conversation, Community, and Celebration at the Best Fest in the West

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From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

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Lillian Fishman Recommends a Particular Kind of Absorbing Love Story

By Lillian Fishman | May 25, 2022

Sarah Ruhl Tries to Look at Grief Through the Lens of Form

Sarah Ruhl Tries to Look at Grief Through the Lens of Form

A Conversation with the Author of Love Poems in Quarantine

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2022

Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

The Author of Serious Face Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

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On the Radical, Popular Creator of the First Female Superhero

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How June Tarpé Mills Captured Audiences

By Tracy Dawson | May 25, 2022

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