How Textiles Made the World

How Textiles Made the World

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | December 9, 2020

The Challenges of Translating Jean Daive’s Memoir <br>on Paul Celan

The Challenges of Translating Jean Daive’s Memoir 
on Paul Celan

Robert Kaufman and Philip Gerard Consider the Texture of Language, Poetics, and Linguistic Dispossession

By Robert Kaufman and Philip Gerard | December 9, 2020

How a Nun Accidentally Led Allen Ginsberg's Biographer to the Poet's Work

How a Nun Accidentally Led Allen Ginsberg's Biographer to the Poet's Work

Michael Schumacher in Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 9, 2020

The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2020

The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2020

Featuring Nicole Krauss, Stephen King, Emma Cline, Zora Neale Hurston, and more

By Book Marks | December 9, 2020

An Interview with Shayna Small, Narrator of <em>Overground Railroad</em> by Lesa Cline-Ransome

An Interview with Shayna Small, Narrator of Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Celebrating the Best 2020 Audiobooks for Children

By Behind the Mic | December 9, 2020

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones in Praise of Literary Tourism (Done Well)

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | December 8, 2020

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Obeying the Undeniable Call of Iceland

By Roni Horn | December 8, 2020

Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

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Real Talk: On Claudia Rankine’s Painful Conversations with Whiteness

Real Talk: On Claudia Rankine’s Painful Conversations with Whiteness

Shya Scanlon Considers a Trilogy Sixteen Years in the Making

By Shya Scanlon | December 8, 2020

On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset's <em>Kristin Lavransdatter</em>

On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | December 8, 2020

Does the Simon & Schuster Acquisition Signal an Antitrust Crisis in Publishing?

Does the Simon & Schuster Acquisition Signal an Antitrust Crisis in Publishing?

Peter Osnos in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 8, 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

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Susanna Clarke, Karen Russell, and more

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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Andrew DuBois, Emily Gould, An Yu, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Teddy Wayne | December 8, 2020

Poet Sister Artist Comrade: In Celebration of Thulani Davis

Poet Sister Artist Comrade: In Celebration of Thulani Davis

Jessica Hagedorn: "It was a freaky-deaky time, in a freaky-deaky city..."

By Jessica Hagedorn | December 8, 2020

Announcing the Winners of <em>Reading Women</em>’s 2020 Award

Announcing the Winners of Reading Women’s 2020 Award

Congrats to Carmen Maria Machado and Bernardine Evaristo!

By Reading Women | December 8, 2020

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