The DNA of Storytelling: Making the Case for Messy Family Books

The DNA of Storytelling: Making the Case for Messy Family Books

Tracey Lange on the Complicated, Raw Emotional Chaos of Familial Histories

By Tracey Lange | August 4, 2021

How Nadia Owusu Discovered the Story She Needed To Tell

How Nadia Owusu Discovered the Story She Needed To Tell

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | August 4, 2021

Harriet Evans Reads from Her Novel <em>The Beloved Girls</em>

Harriet Evans Reads from Her Novel The Beloved Girls

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | August 4, 2021

<em>The Plague Year</em> by Lawrence Wright, Read by Eric Jason Martin

The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Read by Eric Jason Martin

On the 2020 Pandemic—What Have We Learned?

By Behind the Mic | August 4, 2021

<em>Suburban Dicks</em> by Fabian Nicieza, Read by Natalie Naudus

Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza, Read by Natalie Naudus

A Dark (and Funny!) Mystery from the Co-Creator of Deadpool

By Behind the Mic | August 4, 2021

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in August

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in August

From The Pursuit of Love to The Chair

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2021

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My Life Story, Someone Else’s Voice: Why I Won’t Be Narrating My Memoir’s Audiobook

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After the Afterparty: On Grieving the Loss of Anthony Veasna So, an Explosive Literary Talent

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Reading is a Political Encounter: On Violence, Language, and Selective Forgetting

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The Legacy of Post-Katrina New Orleans’ Political Theater on Today’s Climate Crisis

The Legacy of Post-Katrina New Orleans’ Political Theater on Today’s Climate Crisis

Samantha Montano Considers the Threat of Disaster Capitalism

By Samantha Montano | August 3, 2021

A Brief Survey of Famous Authors and Their Favorite Cocktails (and Colognes!)

A Brief Survey of Famous Authors and Their Favorite Cocktails (and Colognes!)

Timothy Schaffert Considers the Fitzgeralds, Truman Capote, Josephine Baker, and More

By Timothy Schaffert | August 3, 2021

Letter to an Unborn Child: How Could I Bring You Into a Collapsing World?

Letter to an Unborn Child: How Could I Bring You Into a Collapsing World?

Daniel Sherrell Navigates Love and Desperation in the Time of Climate Change

By Daniel Sherrell | August 3, 2021

Calling Danny Boy: Geoff Dyer on the <em>Monty Python</em> of <br>War Films

Calling Danny Boy: Geoff Dyer on the Monty Python of
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This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | August 3, 2021

Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman on the “Small Crimes” (Landlord Texts!) That Inspired Their Work

Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman on the “Small Crimes” (Landlord Texts!) That Inspired Their Work

This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | August 3, 2021

Sarah Damaske on How Unemployment Shapes Families

Sarah Damaske on How Unemployment Shapes Families

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 3, 2021

WATCH: Patricia Santana on Why Young Adult Fiction Is For Everyone

WATCH: Patricia Santana on Why Young Adult Fiction Is For Everyone

From the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

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