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12 new books hitting shelves this week.

12 new books hitting shelves this week.

By Katie Yee | November 30, 2021

Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

Part Four of “The Worlds of Scheherazade”

By The Cosmic Library | November 30, 2021

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

Talya Zax Looks to Post-Revolutionary Literature

By Talya Zax | November 29, 2021

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose Reads Bolaño, Erpenbeck, Tutuola, and More

By Francine Prose | November 29, 2021

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

Mary K. Holland on Closing the “Open Question” of Wallace’s Misogyny

By Mary K. Holland | November 29, 2021

On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | November 29, 2021

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Books of the Week

Mina Seçkin on Ferrante, Nabokov, and The Phantom Tollbooth

By Book Marks | November 24, 2021

Maggie Nelson and Tala Madani on Fear in Artmaking and How Magic Can Save Us All  

By FUSE: A BOMB Podcast | November 24, 2021

What Lovecraft Country Gave to Black Audiences

By James Andrew Miller | November 24, 2021

“Territories of the Uncanny.” A Reading List of the Irreal

“Territories of the Uncanny.” A Reading List of the Irreal

Helen Chau Bradley Recommends Mariana Enriquez, Fleur Jaeggy, and More!

By Helen Chau Bradley | November 24, 2021

Why Stories Are Like Taking Drugs

Why Stories Are Like Taking Drugs

Jonathan Gottschall on the Human Need To Silence Your Inner Voice

By Jonathan Gottschall | November 24, 2021

11 new books to be grateful for this week.

11 new books to be grateful for this week.

By Katie Yee | November 23, 2021

In Search of Words for the Most Obscure Sorrows

In Search of Words for the Most Obscure Sorrows

John Koenig on the Project of Capturing the Subtleties of Human Emotion

By John Koenig | November 23, 2021

On the Supernatural, Scooby Doo Vibes of <em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em>

On the Supernatural, Scooby Doo Vibes of The Hound of the Baskervilles

Alex Higley and Willie Fitzgerald Guest on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | November 23, 2021

“Magnificent Hybrids.” David Mitchell on the Alchemy of A.S. Byatt’s Stories

“Magnificent Hybrids.” David Mitchell on the Alchemy of A.S. Byatt’s Stories

"Step inside. Take your time. Savor your discoveries."

By David Mitchell | November 23, 2021

Gus Moreno on Following the Fear in His Writing

Gus Moreno on Following the Fear in His Writing

This Week on the So Many Damn Books Podcast

By So Many Damn Books | November 23, 2021

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