Dispatches From a Microlanguage: An Icelandic Reading List

Dispatches From a Microlanguage: An Icelandic Reading List

Thora Hjörleifsdóttir on the Art Thriving in a Nearly Lost Language

By Thora Hjorleifsdottir, translated by Larissa Kyzer | July 12, 2021

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

AKA the Time George Lucas Disowned a Star Wars Production

By Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross | July 12, 2021

Looking for Love in a Prison Cell

Looking for Love in a Prison Cell

Elizabeth Greenwood On the People Who Seek Relationships with the Incarcerated

By Elizabeth Greenwood | July 12, 2021

Carrot Quinn on the Danger—and Thrill—of Train Riding

Carrot Quinn on the Danger—and Thrill—of Train Riding

“Out here, I am huge. Expansive.”

By Carrot Quinn | July 12, 2021

What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

Joyce Maynard on Finding Compassion Through the Distance of Fiction

By Joyce Maynard | July 12, 2021

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

Emil’ Keme on the Popol Wuj, K’iche’ Authors, and Poetry as Resistance

By Emil’ Keme | July 12, 2021

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How America’s Lack of Basic Support is Shortening Lives

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Kimberly Ruffin Shares Her Guided Practice of Walking Through the Forest

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Steven Pressfield on the Artist
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Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 12, 2021

<em>Revival Season</em> by Monica West, Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Revival Season by Monica West, Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

A Summer of Revival, Dissolution, and Magic

By Behind the Mic | July 12, 2021

Endings That Change Everything: On Alice Munro’s Literary Innovations

Endings That Change Everything: On Alice Munro’s Literary Innovations

Elizabeth Poliner Close Reads Anton Chekhov’s “The Darling” and Munro’s “Friend of My Youth”

By Elizabeth Poliner | July 9, 2021

A World Beyond Our Skin: Jenny Erpenbeck and the Potential of Fiction

A World Beyond Our Skin: Jenny Erpenbeck and the Potential of Fiction

Robert Rubsam on the Author’s Allegiance to the Human

By Robert Rubsam | July 9, 2021

Danny Trejo on Doing Time with Charles Manson and Finding Freedom in the Boxing Room

Danny Trejo on Doing Time with Charles Manson and Finding Freedom in the Boxing Room

One of America’s Great Character Actors Looks Back at His Time in Prison

By Danny Trejo with Donal Logue | July 9, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Belt Publishing

Interview with an Indie Press: Belt Publishing

Telling Stories from the Rust Belt and Midwest

By Corinne Segal | July 9, 2021

100 Literary Jeopardy Clues from Real Episodes of <em>Jeopardy!</em>

100 Literary Jeopardy Clues from Real Episodes of Jeopardy!

Play with Your Friends

By Emily Temple | July 9, 2021

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