Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Jacqueline Woodson, Valeria Luiselli, Miriam Toews, and More

By Reading Women | November 20, 2019

The House of SpeakEasy Podcast: Failing Up

The House of SpeakEasy Podcast: Failing Up

Mitchell S. Jackson, John Avlon, and Janna Levin
at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater

By The SpeakEasy Podcast | November 20, 2019

Leland Cheuk on Writing Through Trauma

Leland Cheuk on Writing Through Trauma

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 20, 2019

On the Books That Most Influenced the Great David Bowie

On the Books That Most Influenced the Great David Bowie

Genius Recognizes Genius

By John O'Connell | November 19, 2019

Reading Albert Woodfox's <em>Solitary</em> While Being Detained at Guantánamo

Reading Albert Woodfox's Solitary While Being Detained at Guantánamo

Ahmed Rabbani: "My overwhelming sense is one of sorrow."

By Literary Hub | November 19, 2019

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

David Lindsay Roberts Considers the Career of E.T. Bell

By David Lindsay Roberts | November 19, 2019

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A Novel at the Edge of the World: In Conversation with Julia Phillips

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Blue Babies, Big Egos, and the Wild World of Early Open Heart Surgery

By Gabriel Brownstein | November 19, 2019

What If We Called It the 'Flax Age' Instead of the 'Iron Age'?

By Kassia St. Clair | November 19, 2019

“Premonition” A Poem by Honor Moore

“Premonition” A Poem by Honor Moore

From the Reprinted 1988 Collection Memoir

By Honor Moore | November 19, 2019

The Education of a Civil Rights Hero

The Education of a Civil Rights Hero

Dovey Johnson Roundtree on Life at Spelman College

By Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe | November 19, 2019

<em>LIC Reading Series Podcast</em>: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Hannah Lillith Assadi, and Keith Gessen

LIC Reading Series Podcast: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Hannah Lillith Assadi, and Keith Gessen

Onstage Conversations at the LIC Reading Series event

By LIC Reading Series | November 19, 2019

Three Poems by Dan Poppick

Three Poems by Dan Poppick

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By Dan Poppick | November 19, 2019

Helen Phillips on What Makes a Page-Turner

Helen Phillips on What Makes a Page-Turner

The Author of The Need on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | November 19, 2019

Small Wonder: The Challenge of Parenting Through Climate Collapse

Small Wonder: The Challenge of Parenting Through Climate Collapse

Eiren Caffall on Rereading Rachel Carson and Exploring the Tidepools of Maine

By Eiren Caffall | November 18, 2019

The American Tradition of Anti-Black Vigilantism

The American Tradition of Anti-Black Vigilantism

Darryl Pinckney on the History of Patrols, Body Cams, and More

By Darryl Pinckney | November 18, 2019

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