Ntozake Shange on Sun Ra and How She Came to Have Her Name

Ntozake Shange on Sun Ra and How She Came to Have Her Name

"I wasn’t ready yet for the implications of Black people as interpreters of outer space."

By Ntozake Shange | November 23, 2020

Writing and Parenting in the Pandemic Blur of <br>Day to Day Life

Writing and Parenting in the Pandemic Blur of
Day to Day Life

Ellen O'Connell Whittet on Incidental Writing

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | November 23, 2020

CMarie Fuhrman: On Encountering a Trapped Coyote

CMarie Fuhrman: On Encountering a Trapped Coyote

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | November 23, 2020

"Strand"

A Poem by Fiona Sze-Lorrain

By Fiona Sze-Lorrain | November 23, 2020

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Nov. 23rd to Nov. 29th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Nov. 23rd to Nov. 29th

Including a Toni Morrison Marathon Reading

By Kiki Nicole | November 23, 2020

Yishai Sarid on the Haunting Questions That Propelled His New Book

Yishai Sarid on the Haunting Questions That Propelled His New Book

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 23, 2020

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The Madness of Majesty of America's Last King

By New Books Network | November 23, 2020

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee, Read by a Full Cast

By Behind the Mic | November 23, 2020

On the Women Lucky Enough to Survive Horror Films

By Alyssa Pelish | November 20, 2020

The Language Police Were Terrifyingly Real. My Grandfather Was One.

The Language Police Were Terrifyingly Real. My Grandfather Was One.

Martin Puchner on Rotwelsch, an Elusive Language of Central Europe

By Martin Puchner | November 20, 2020

The Writer Who Uncovered Crimes Against His Native Ancestors

The Writer Who Uncovered Crimes Against His Native Ancestors

David Grann on Dennis McAuliffe Jr.'s The Deaths of Sybil Bolton

By David Grann | November 20, 2020

Why the Video Game Scenes in Raven Leilani's <em>Luster</em> Are So Important

Why the Video Game Scenes in Raven Leilani's Luster Are So Important

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

By Reading Women | November 20, 2020

Bill T. Jones on the Uneasy Liaison Between Storytellers and Listeners

Bill T. Jones on the Uneasy Liaison Between Storytellers and Listeners

From the Renowned Choreographer's Lecture at the Brooklyn Public Library

By Bill T. Jones | November 20, 2020

Ayad Akhtar and Cathy Park Hong: Is the Personal <br>Always Political?

Ayad Akhtar and Cathy Park Hong: Is the Personal
Always Political?

From the Bookable Podcast with Author Amanda Stern

By Bookable | November 20, 2020

Francine Prose and Doon Arbus Talk Museums, Revision, and the Objects That Give Our Lives Meaning

Francine Prose and Doon Arbus Talk Museums, Revision, and the Objects That Give Our Lives Meaning

A Conversation with the Author of The Caretaker

By Literary Hub | November 20, 2020

David Rieff on Anguish and Suffering in Susan Taubes's <em>Divorcing</em>

David Rieff on Anguish and Suffering in Susan Taubes's Divorcing

"She was far more than the doomed artist."

By David Rieff | November 20, 2020

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