Outsiders, Eccentrics, and Misfits: A Reading List

Outsiders, Eccentrics, and Misfits: A Reading List

Claire Fuller Can’t Get Enough of the Oddball (Lovable and Otherwise)

By Claire Fuller | May 19, 2021

Jim Shepard: When Your Novel Veers a Little Too Close to Grim Reality

Jim Shepard: When Your Novel Veers a Little Too Close to Grim Reality

An Armchair Catastrophist Predicts a Pandemic

By Jim Shepard | May 19, 2021

An Argument for Literature as Care Work

An Argument for Literature as Care Work

Alexandra Kingston-Reese on How Writers Can Ease a Care Crisis

By Alexandra Kingston-Reese | May 19, 2021

“I Wanted to Be on Fire.” On the Connection Between Art and Self-Destruction

“I Wanted to Be on Fire.” On the Connection Between Art and Self-Destruction

Bridget Collins Considers the Hagiography of the Tortured Artist

By Bridget Collins | May 19, 2021

Swipe Right for Loneliness: On the Gamification of Dating Apps

Swipe Right for Loneliness: On the Gamification of Dating Apps

Nancy Jo Sales Considers the Perils of Instant Gratification and the Hellscape That is Tinder

By Nancy Jo Sales | May 19, 2021

Letting Go of Silence in the Wake of Miscarriage

Letting Go of Silence in the Wake of Miscarriage

Barbara Becker on Grief and Recovery

By Barbara Becker | May 19, 2021

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T Kira Madden on Centering Pacific Island Voices

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Courtney Zoffness on the One Characteristic That Writers Share

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 19, 2021

On the Origins of White Europeans’ Bigoted Fascination with Skin Color and Racial Hierarchy

By Olivette Otele | May 19, 2021

Do Our Minds Have Immune Systems to Protect Us from Infectious Ideas?

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Andy Norman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 19, 2021

Krystal Sutherland Reads from Her Novel <em>House of Hollow</em>

Krystal Sutherland Reads from Her Novel House of Hollow

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | May 19, 2021

5 Books in Translation You May Have Missed in April

5 Books in Translation You May Have Missed in April

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Bruno Lloret, Eva Meijer, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | May 19, 2021

Why Julia Franks Created a (Much-Needed) Children’s Literacy App

Why Julia Franks Created a (Much-Needed) Children’s Literacy App

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | May 19, 2021

<em>First Love</em> by Ivan Turgenev, Read by Edoardo Ballerini

First Love by Ivan Turgenev, Read by Edoardo Ballerini

A Wonderfully Expressive Reading of the Classic Novella

By Behind the Mic | May 19, 2021

On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

“Why can’t I go a week without wondering what she might have made of the person I’ve become?”

By Barrett Swanson | May 18, 2021

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

Courtney Zoffness on Finding Authenticity in a Great Writer and Professor

By Courtney Zoffness | May 18, 2021

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