What Happens When I Don’t Understand My Own Novel?

What Happens When I Don’t Understand My Own Novel?

Bonnie Friedman on Taking Clues From Your Own Manuscript

By Bonnie Friedman | December 13, 2021

Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

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The Best Reviewed Poetry Collections of 2021

The Best Reviewed Poetry Collections of 2021

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On <em>New Yorker</em> Cartoonist Ed Koren’s Sketches for the End Times

On New Yorker Cartoonist Ed Koren’s Sketches for the End Times

Howard Norman Talks to His Friend of Many Years

By Howard Norman | December 13, 2021

Aysegül Savas on the Business of Writing Beyond the Language of Business

Aysegül Savas on the Business of Writing Beyond the Language of Business

“I don’t often get to talk about the sustenance of daily joy, the nourishment of the imagination.”

By Literary Hub | December 13, 2021

“The Wines Tasted Alive.” Visiting an Icon of Natural Winemaking in Slovenia

“The Wines Tasted Alive.” Visiting an Icon of Natural Winemaking in Slovenia

Rachel Signer on an Afternoon with Saša Radikon

By Rachel Signer | December 13, 2021

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Keum Suk Gendry-Kim on the Symbolism of Trees and the Power of Black and White Illustration

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David Mikics on Who Stanley Kubrick Really Was

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From Joni to Dylan: On the Bards of 1960s Pop

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On Telling the Story of Injustice Through Memoir

On Telling the Story of Injustice Through Memoir

Michelle Bowdler and Kenny Fries in Conversation

By Literary Hub | December 13, 2021

The New Outliers: How Creative Nonfiction Became a Legitimate, Serious Genre

The New Outliers: How Creative Nonfiction Became a Legitimate, Serious Genre

Lee Gutkind on the Birth and Surprising History of a Different Type of Narrative Form

By Lee Gutkind | December 13, 2021

Kyle Beachy on the Mystery Origins of Skateboarding

Kyle Beachy on the Mystery Origins of Skateboarding

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

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<em>Stuntboy, in the Meantime</em> by Jason Reynolds, Read by a Full Cast

Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds, Read by a Full Cast

Excellent and Lively Family Listening

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On Hora de Clarice, read an excerpt from Clarice Lispector's new stories for children.

On Hora de Clarice, read an excerpt from Clarice Lispector's new stories for children.

By Literary Hub | December 10, 2021

On Melville, Mendacity, and Letting the Unknowable Find Its Way in Your Writing

On Melville, Mendacity, and Letting the Unknowable Find Its Way in Your Writing

David Kirby Plumbs the Uncertain Depths of Art and Truth

By David Kirby | December 10, 2021

Could Guillermo del Toro’s <em>Nightmare Alley</em> Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

Could Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

Olivia Rutigliano on the Self-Sabotaging Desire to Show One’s Hand

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 10, 2021

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