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Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

"Place is ... a powerful generator of tone and atmosphere."

By Laura van den Berg | July 30, 2021

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

On Growing Slowly and Loving “Stunning” Books

By Corinne Segal | July 30, 2021

Kathie Klarreich: How Working with Incarcerated People Has Changed My Life

Kathie Klarreich: How Working with Incarcerated People Has Changed My Life

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | July 30, 2021

<em>Castle Shade</em> by Laurie R. King, Read by Jenny Sterlin

Castle Shade by Laurie R. King, Read by Jenny Sterlin

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in Transylvania

By Behind the Mic | July 30, 2021

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Navigating the Starkly Gendered World of<br> Horseback Riding

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Navigating the Starkly Gendered World of
Horseback Riding

“I decided that because girl wasn’t a word for me, horse couldn’t be, either.”

By Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | July 29, 2021

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

Bo McMillan on the Novels of L.J. Davis and What Certain Kinds of Stories Reveal About Cities

By Bo McMillan | July 29, 2021

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How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!?

By W. Ralph Eubanks | July 29, 2021

What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

By Megan Otto | July 29, 2021

Introducing the New Editor of the Oxford American: Danielle A. Jackson

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 29, 2021

An Evening of Comics: Kristen Radtke in Conversation with Mira Jacob and Malaka Gharib

An Evening of Comics: Kristen Radtke in Conversation with Mira Jacob and Malaka Gharib

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 29, 2021

Love Affairs with Dead Composers: How Discovering Chopin Saved Mena Suvari

Love Affairs with Dead Composers: How Discovering Chopin Saved Mena Suvari

The American Beauty Actor on the Power of Music and the Challenges of Belonging

By Mena Suvari | July 29, 2021

Tahmima Anam on the Marriage of Rom-Com and Satire

Tahmima Anam on the Marriage of Rom-Com and Satire

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 29, 2021

Being Seen: 5 Great Books That Capture the Essence of Coming of Age

Being Seen: 5 Great Books That Capture the Essence of Coming of Age

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By Laura Silverman | July 29, 2021

Why Be a Critic? Laura Miller on Reading, Listening to, and Writing About Books

Why Be a Critic? Laura Miller on Reading, Listening to, and Writing About Books

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 29, 2021

Shaping Hunger Into Practice: On the Creative Relationship Between Writers and Visual Artists

Shaping Hunger Into Practice: On the Creative Relationship Between Writers and Visual Artists

Sally Cabot Gunning Talks Painting the Light and Books that Spotlight Women Artists

By Sally Cabot Gunning | July 29, 2021

Patrick Wyman on the “Great Divergence” Between Western Europe and the Rest of the Globe

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