“Where You From?“ The Problem With Shortcuts in Writing Place in Fiction

“Where You From?“ The Problem With Shortcuts in Writing Place in Fiction

Brett Biebel on the Role of Geography in Creating Character

By Brett Biebel | July 2, 2021

On the Pain of Reading Contemporary Writing When You Are a Contemporary Writer

On the Pain of Reading Contemporary Writing When You Are a Contemporary Writer

Will Self Navigates the Tricky Territory Between Pity, Envy, and Rumors of Posterity

By Will Self | July 2, 2021

Original Sin and Roman Cults: Ava Reid on the Divine Inspirations of Her New Novel

Original Sin and Roman Cults: Ava Reid on the Divine Inspirations of Her New Novel

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | July 2, 2021

How Kurt Cobain’s Favorite Novel Made Its Way Onto Nirvana’s Final Album

How Kurt Cobain’s Favorite Novel Made Its Way Onto Nirvana’s Final Album

Nathan Dunne on the Seductive Power of Perfume

By Nathan Dunne | July 1, 2021

Mythologies and Re-Rememberings: On the Synchronous Moments of Writing a Novel

Mythologies and Re-Rememberings: On the Synchronous Moments of Writing a Novel

Molly Aitken Deconstructs the Inspiration for Her Debut, The Island Child

By Molly Aitken | July 1, 2021

Extractor of Secrets, Discloser of Secrets: On the Complex Role of the Biographer

Extractor of Secrets, Discloser of Secrets: On the Complex Role of the Biographer

Debra Dean Considers the Therapeutic Effects of Telling Our Stories

By Debra Dean | July 1, 2021

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The Inner Lives of Black Women: On Novels That Break the Chains of Trauma

By Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler | July 1, 2021

Do Books Have to Be Depressing to Be Taken Seriously?

By Book Dreams | July 1, 2021

What Lord of the Flies got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2021

Writing the “Eastern Western.” On the Massive Resurgence of Asian American Westerns 

Writing the “Eastern Western.” On the Massive Resurgence of Asian American Westerns 

Lavinia Liang Considers the Meaning of Land, Territory, Americanness, and Lost Histories

By Lavinia Liang | June 30, 2021

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Daytime Horror: On Cults, White Supremacy, and Pagan Aesthetics

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Daytime Horror: On Cults, White Supremacy, and Pagan Aesthetics

Mieko Anders Considers Klara and the Sun and Midsommar

By Mieko Anders | June 30, 2021

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Margot Livesey on Address Unknown and the Dangers of Communal Mythology

By Margot Livesy | June 30, 2021

When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

Uncovering a Unique Chapter in the History of American Poetry

By Lytle Shaw | June 30, 2021

16 new books to read while sitting directly in front of the fan.

16 new books to read while sitting directly in front of the fan.

By Katie Yee | June 29, 2021

Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

“His fallback, his signature, is always humor.”

By Charles McGrath | June 29, 2021

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s <em>The General of the Dead Army</em>

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s The General of the Dead Army

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | June 29, 2021

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