Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

“His fallback, his signature, is always humor.”

By Charles McGrath | June 29, 2021

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s <em>The General of the Dead Army</em>

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s The General of the Dead Army

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | June 29, 2021

The Rise of China’s State Surveillance Machinery

The Rise of China’s State Surveillance Machinery

Geoffrey Cain on Big Data, AI, and the Specter of “Security”

By Geoffrey Cain | June 29, 2021

Thanks to the Plumber Who Slept in My Bed: How a Surprising Trespasser Inspired My First Novel

Thanks to the Plumber Who Slept in My Bed: How a Surprising Trespasser Inspired My First Novel

Beck Dorey-Stein on the Unexpected Muse Behind Rock the Boat

By Beck Dorey-Stein | June 29, 2021

How to Plan a Literary Drive-In: Or, the Pandemic’s Safest IRL Book Launch

How to Plan a Literary Drive-In: Or, the Pandemic’s Safest IRL Book Launch

Rachelle Toarmino on Celebrating a Debut During a Pandemic

By Rachelle Toarmino | June 29, 2021

Larissa Pham on Parasocial Relationships and Trying to Tell an Emotional Truth

Larissa Pham on Parasocial Relationships and Trying to Tell an Emotional Truth

The Author of Pop Song in Conversation with Zack Graham

By Zack Graham | June 29, 2021

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Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko on the Rising Popularity of QAnon

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Nichole Perkins Reads From Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be

By Storybound | June 29, 2021

Tom Lin on the Importance of Conducting Literary Field Work

By Jane Ciabattari | June 29, 2021

How Domestic Violence Victims’ Advocacy Works in an Insular Island Community

How Domestic Violence Victims’ Advocacy Works in an Insular Island Community

Hanna Halperin on the Barriers for Victims on Martha’s Vineyard

By Hanna Halperin | June 29, 2021

How Lauren Shapiro’s Poems Remind Us That We’re Not Just Brains in Jars

How Lauren Shapiro’s Poems Remind Us That We’re Not Just Brains in Jars

This Week on the Literary Disco Podcast

By Literary Disco | June 29, 2021

<em>Ocean Prey</em> by John Sandford, Read by Richard Ferrone

Ocean Prey by John Sandford, Read by Richard Ferrone

Back on the Case with Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers

By Behind the Mic | June 29, 2021

Very Different Writers, Uncanny Commonalities: On Lee Child and<br> Heidi James

Very Different Writers, Uncanny Commonalities: On Lee Child and
Heidi James

Biographer Heather Martin Takes the Measure of Two Literary Lives

By Heather Martin | June 28, 2021

Romance Novels for Hot-Everybody Summer

Romance Novels for Hot-Everybody Summer

Erin Flanagan on the Diversity of an Often Disparaged Genre

By Erin Flanagan | June 28, 2021

Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård

Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård

Saskia Vogel Considers the Role of Writing as Memory in October Child

By Saskia Vogel | June 28, 2021

Hope, Joy and Rage: One Year Ago at Occupy City Hall

Hope, Joy and Rage: One Year Ago at Occupy City Hall

Angela Rose Brussel Documents the Protests of Summer 2020

By Angela Rose Brussel | June 28, 2021

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