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Very Different Writers, Uncanny Commonalities: On Lee Child and<br> Heidi James

Very Different Writers, Uncanny Commonalities: On Lee Child and
Heidi James

Biographer Heather Martin Takes the Measure of Two Literary Lives

By Heather Martin | June 28, 2021

Romance Novels for Hot-Everybody Summer

Romance Novels for Hot-Everybody Summer

Erin Flanagan on the Diversity of an Often Disparaged Genre

By Erin Flanagan | June 28, 2021

Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård

Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård

Saskia Vogel Considers the Role of Writing as Memory in October Child

By Saskia Vogel | June 28, 2021

On the Unbearable Whiteness of Mainstream, Canonical Southern Literature 

On the Unbearable Whiteness of Mainstream, Canonical Southern Literature 

Anjali Enjeti Considers Racist Meta-Narratives and the Stories We Have Yet to Tell

By Anjali Enjeti | June 28, 2021

On the Enchanting, Hopelessly Beautiful Splendor and History of Venice

On the Enchanting, Hopelessly Beautiful Splendor and History of Venice

Orsola Casagrande, Editor of The Book of Venice, Recommends Writing About the Iconic City

By Orsola Casagrande | June 28, 2021

The Rise of the Crypto Writer? On What Literary NFTs Might Mean for the Book World

The Rise of the Crypto Writer? On What Literary NFTs Might Mean for the Book World

Walker Caplan on Blockchain, Blake Butler, and the Uneasy Intersection of Art, Tech, and Money

By Walker Caplan | June 25, 2021

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The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

By Stephen Marche | June 23, 2021

What If Procrastination Is an Essential Part of Our Writing Process?

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Amy Sackville on an Aesthetics of Deferral

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Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

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Forrest Gander on the Investment and Involvement Required of Reading Poetry

Forrest Gander on the Investment and Involvement Required of Reading Poetry

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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