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How Novelist Lynne Reid Banks Helped Me See Myself—and the World

How Novelist Lynne Reid Banks Helped Me See Myself—and the World

Aaron Hicklin: “I yearned for a bigger life and was sure it would come for me.”

By Aaron Hicklin | April 26, 2024

Nell Irvin Painter on Writing About Anything (and Everything)

Nell Irvin Painter on Writing About Anything (and Everything)

A Call to Authors and Publishers Alike

By Nell Irvin Painter | April 26, 2024

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Jane Smiley, Judi Dench, Justin Taylor, and More

By Book Marks | April 26, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There are two kinds of novels about American life in the digital age: panoramas and selfies.”

By Book Marks | April 25, 2024

The Problem with Giant Book Preview Lists

The Problem with Giant Book Preview Lists

Maris Kreizman on One of the Necessary Evils of Book Coverage

By Maris Kreizman | April 25, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Danielle Dutton Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Danielle Dutton Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Gerald Murnane, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Herman Melville, and Others

By Diana Arterian | April 25, 2024

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  • The Things We Never Say
  • John of John
  • Ghost Stories: A Memoir
  • Look What You Made Me Do
  • Backtalker: An American Memoir
  • Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World

Gareth Russell on Hampton Court

By History of Literature | April 25, 2024

Tracie McMillan on the Myth of Colorblindness

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 25, 2024

Deborah Treisman on the Challenge of Identifying the American Short Story

By The Cosmic Library | April 24, 2024

How Music and Verse Can Spark Literary Passion in Reluctant Readers

How Music and Verse Can Spark Literary Passion in Reluctant Readers

Alicia D. Williams on the Many Written and Oral Forms a Story Can Take

By Alicia D. Williams | April 24, 2024

When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

Hazel Hayes on Seeing Her Characters’ Relationship Problems Mirror Her Own

By Hazel Hayes | April 24, 2024

The Pilgrim’s (Lack of) Progress, Or, Sorry I Took So Long to Finish My Novel, Or, On the Value of Restarting

The Pilgrim’s (Lack of) Progress, Or, Sorry I Took So Long to Finish My Novel, Or, On the Value of Restarting

Justin Taylor on the Book He Started Writing in 2014

By Justin Taylor | April 23, 2024

Yan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author

Yan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author

On State Censorship, Artistic Integrity, and the Market Forces Behind Local and Global Publishing

By Yan Lianke | April 23, 2024

Torn Dresses, Frank Sinatra, Ghosts in the Loo: Judi Dench on a Lifetime of Playing Shakespeare

Torn Dresses, Frank Sinatra, Ghosts in the Loo: Judi Dench on a Lifetime of Playing Shakespeare

Judi Dench and the Actor and Director Brendan O'Hea in Conversation from Their New Book "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent"

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2024

Jane Smiley! Judi Dench! Amy Tan on birding! 24 new books out today.

Jane Smiley! Judi Dench! Amy Tan on birding! 24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 23, 2024

Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Your Presence Is Mandatory”

By Jane Ciabattari | April 23, 2024

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