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“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

Huda Fakhreddine: “A real poem is never only of the moment. A real poem defeats time, every time.”

By Nima Hasan | August 15, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The author is a professional contrarian, which pretty much means she can bounce off others to naysay whenever so moved.”

By Book Marks | August 14, 2025

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

The Author of “The Island of Last Things” Visits Alcatraz and Offers an Antidote to Doomerism

By Emma Sloley | August 14, 2025

The Night the Warring Poet Clans of NYC Came Together in Peace

The Night the Warring Poet Clans of NYC Came Together in Peace

Nathan Kernan on James Schuyler’s First Public Poetry Reading

By Nathan Kernan | August 14, 2025

Will Bardenwerper on Baseball’s Betrayal of Its Minor League Roots

Will Bardenwerper on Baseball’s Betrayal of Its Minor League Roots

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 14, 2025

The View From Gaza—As Seen Through WB Yeats’s Widening Gyre

The View From Gaza—As Seen Through WB Yeats’s Widening Gyre

From Inside the Besieged Strip, Alaa Alqaisi on Life as a “Sustained Dismantling of the Soul”

By Alaa Alqaisi | August 13, 2025

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Anthony Vahni Capildeo on Kimberly Campanello's An Interesting Detail

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On “Mocha Dick,” the White Whale of the Pacific that Influenced Herman Melville

By Tim Queeney | August 12, 2025

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By Jess deCourcy Hinds | August 12, 2025

Constantine Cavafy: The Making of a Poet

Constantine Cavafy: The Making of a Poet

Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys on the Artistic Journey of Modern Greek Literature’s Most Distinguished Poetic Voice

By Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys | August 12, 2025

Tobias Wolff on Adrienne Salinger’s Iconic <em>Teenagers in Their Bedrooms</em> Thirty Years Later

Tobias Wolff on Adrienne Salinger’s Iconic Teenagers in Their Bedrooms Thirty Years Later

“The humanity of these young faces implies a depth of feeling and experience that their histories confirm.”

By Literary Hub | August 12, 2025

Jessica Francis Kane on Fictionalizing Penelope Fitzgerald’s Mexican Sojurn

Jessica Francis Kane on Fictionalizing Penelope Fitzgerald’s Mexican Sojurn

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Fonseca”

By Jane Ciabattari | August 12, 2025

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Sex ed! Vintage sapphic tales! Constantine Cavafy! 26 new books out today.

Sex ed! Vintage sapphic tales! Constantine Cavafy! 26 new books out today.

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How Charlotte Brontë’s Shyness Helped Make Her a Storyteller

How Charlotte Brontë’s Shyness Helped Make Her a Storyteller

Graham Watson Explores the Influence of Friendship and Community on the Author of "Jane Eyre"

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The Murky Story of Our First Storytellers: On the Mysterious Evolution of Human Language

The Murky Story of Our First Storytellers: On the Mysterious Evolution of Human Language

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