Joy Harjo on Being a Poet and Witness to History

Joy Harjo on Being a Poet and Witness to History

From Her Acceptance Speech for the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award at The National Book Critics Circle Awards

By Joy Harjo | April 10, 2023

Maggie Smith on How She Approached Plot in Her Memoir

Maggie Smith on How She Approached Plot in Her Memoir

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 10, 2023

Ling Ling Huang on the Similarities Between Classical Music and Fiction Writing

Ling Ling Huang on the Similarities Between Classical Music and Fiction Writing

“Music and writing demand the same things: self-discipline, time, and patience.”

By Ling Ling Huang | April 10, 2023

Charif Shanahan on Making the Unseen Seen through Poetry

Charif Shanahan on Making the Unseen Seen through Poetry

The Poet on His New Collection Trace Evidence

By Literary Hub | April 10, 2023

The Reader is the Only Place That Matters: On the Metaphysical Space Within Literature

The Reader is the Only Place That Matters: On the Metaphysical Space Within Literature

Former Prison Librarian Blair Austin Wonders Where We Go When We Read

By Blair Austin | April 10, 2023

What to Read Before and After Seeing the Adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s <em>Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman</em>

What to Read Before and After Seeing the Adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

“Elegant, whimsical, and haunting.”

By Literary Hub | April 7, 2023

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A Passion for Living in the Present: <br>A Conversation with Yuko Tsushima and Annie Ernaux

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A Piece of Global Literary History Available in English For the First Time

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Manufacturing Lies: Dina Nayeri on How Our Cultural and Bureaucratic Norms Often Betray the Truth

Manufacturing Lies: Dina Nayeri on How Our Cultural and Bureaucratic Norms Often Betray the Truth

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 6, 2023

Five Folklorists You’ve Never Heard Of: A Reading List of Overlooked Fairy Tales

Five Folklorists You’ve Never Heard Of: A Reading List of Overlooked Fairy Tales

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Rewinding to the Great Indian Empires Before the British Raj

Rewinding to the Great Indian Empires Before the British Raj

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Tiffany Clarke Harrison on Embracing the Fragmentary in Her Debut Novel

Tiffany Clarke Harrison on Embracing the Fragmentary in Her Debut Novel

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 6, 2023

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