Pep Talks That I Give to Authors That I Will Now Give to Myself

Pep Talks That I Give to Authors That I Will Now Give to Myself

In Which Maris Kreizman Attempts to Take Her Own Advice

By Maris Kreizman | June 20, 2025

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

From Kamila Shamsie’s English PEN Lecture

By Kamila Shamsie | June 20, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Catherine Lacey, Michelle Huneven, ABBA, and More

By Book Marks | June 20, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“While reading ‘Next to Heaven,’ I sometimes thought I could feel individual cells in my body trying to die.”

By Book Marks | June 20, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Jen Calleja, Tezer Özlü, Georgi Gospodinov and More

By Diana Arterian | June 20, 2025

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Radha Vatsal on the Contemporary Echoes of Her Ancestor’s Groundbreaking 19th-Century Novel

By Radha Vatsal | June 20, 2025

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Hot, Moist, Hydrofeminist: Seven Sapphic Books with Themes of Water and Fludity

By Siouxzi Connor | June 20, 2025

Geoff Dyer on Homework and Play

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 20, 2025

Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

By Donna Seaman | June 18, 2025

“I Feed on Queer Literature.” Michelle Tea on Her Ten Favorite Gay Books

“I Feed on Queer Literature.” Michelle Tea on Her Ten Favorite Gay Books

“Why are so many people afraid of questions?”

By Michelle Tea | June 18, 2025

Why America Can’t Get Enough of <em>The Wizard of Oz</em>

Why America Can’t Get Enough of The Wizard of Oz

Hazel Gaynor Celebrates the Films, Prequels, Sequels, and More

By Hazel Gaynor | June 18, 2025

Less Matters More: Joanna Walsh on the Expansive Possibilities of the Short Story

Less Matters More: Joanna Walsh on the Expansive Possibilities of the Short Story

“The memory of these fragments is always created, as a matter of reconstruction. And creation is always hope.”

By Joanna Walsh | June 18, 2025

Sigrid Nunez on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s <em>The Great Gatsby</em>

Sigrid Nunez on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 18, 2025

Nicholson Baker on the Unsung Pleasures of the World

Nicholson Baker on the Unsung Pleasures of the World

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | June 18, 2025

How to Teach a Controversial Novel of Racial and Sexual Violence in 2025

How to Teach a Controversial Novel of Racial and Sexual Violence in 2025

erin Khuê Ninh on the Reissue of Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s 1997 Novel “Blu’s Hanging”

By erin Khuê Ninh | June 17, 2025

Leo Carey on What’s Not There

Leo Carey on What’s Not There

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | June 17, 2025

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