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Gemma Tizzard on Researching for Historical Fiction

Gemma Tizzard on Researching for Historical Fiction

“It’s not a job for the faint of heart, or the impatient. But for those of us with brains that crave this kind of work, it is bliss.”

By Gemma Tizzard | January 24, 2025

A Self-Made Myth: How Edith Wharton Rewrote Her Own Childhood

A Self-Made Myth: How Edith Wharton Rewrote Her Own Childhood

Constance Roisin on the Author’s Construction of Herself in Fiction and in Life

By Constance Roisin | January 24, 2025

Laugh a Little: Why We All Should Be Telling More Jokes

Laugh a Little: Why We All Should Be Telling More Jokes

Alison Wood Brooks on the Importance of Humor in Building Professional and Personal Relationships

By Alison Wood Brooks | January 24, 2025

Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | January 23, 2025

Matter, That Curious and Complex Illusion: Grieving for the Dead in a Universe of Atoms

Matter, That Curious and Complex Illusion: Grieving for the Dead in a Universe of Atoms

Guido Tonelli on the Human Urge to Honor the Dead

By Guido Tonelli | January 23, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“In place of clear conclusions are persistent themes, like recurring notes in a song.”

By Book Marks | January 23, 2025

Best Reviewed
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Democracy vs. Autocracy, Cooperation vs. Conflict: How World War II Was Won

By Hal Brands | January 23, 2025

“how to be a contemporary performer,” a Poem by Asha Futterman

By Asha Futterman | January 23, 2025

The Shape of a Story: On Losing (and Finding) the Plot of Your Novel

By Emma Knight | January 23, 2025

Sarah S. Grossman on the Los Angeles Wildfires

Sarah S. Grossman on the Los Angeles Wildfires

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 23, 2025

Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

The Author of “Too Soon” Considers Her Novel in Relation to Etaf Rum, Hala Alyan, and the Politics of Influence

By Betty Samieh | January 22, 2025

“When I Quit Drinking I Quit Writing.” Matthew Nienow on Stumbling Back Into Poetic Vulnerability

“When I Quit Drinking I Quit Writing.” Matthew Nienow on Stumbling Back Into Poetic Vulnerability

“I wrote into that darkness because that kind of honesty was the only thing that felt right.”

By Matthew Nienow | January 22, 2025

All in the Family: Considering Television’s Orphan Plot

All in the Family: Considering Television’s Orphan Plot

Kristen Martin on the Superficial Portrayals of Orphanhood on 90s TV

By Kristen Martin | January 22, 2025

Listening to Palestinian Silences: On Fady Joudah’s <em>[. . .]</em>

Listening to Palestinian Silences: On Fady Joudah’s [. . .]

Eman Quotah Considers the Inability of Language to Convey the Horror of Genocide and Attempted Erasure

By Eman Quotah | January 22, 2025

An Understanding Ear: How Martha Goddard Became An Advocate For Victimized Women

An Understanding Ear: How Martha Goddard Became An Advocate For Victimized Women

Pagan Kennedy on the Activist Awakening of the Woman Who Helped Develop the Rape Kit

By Pagan Kennedy | January 22, 2025

Adrian Matejka and Austin Araujo Are “Whole-Neighborhood” Poets

Adrian Matejka and Austin Araujo Are “Whole-Neighborhood” Poets

In Conversation with Lena Crown on Awakeners

By awakeners | January 22, 2025

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