• Literary Criticism

    On Writing

    The Pain-Writing-Money Trifecta: On Nora Ephron and Grief as Copy

    By Ella Risbridger  August 1, 2022
    Advice

    Mary Ruefle on Bringing Joy to Your Writing Practice

    By Mary Ruefle  August 1, 2022
    On Translation

    Breaking Down the Translation Pyramid: On Translating Dhumketu’s Pioneering Short Stories from Gujarati

    By Jenny Bhatt  August 1, 2022
    Write-minded

    Writing Intimate Truths and Why Memoir Is a Force That’s Changing the Culture

    By Write-minded   August 1, 2022
    Ukraine

    I Once Wrote—and Spoke, and Thought—in Russian… No More

    By Volodymyr Rafeenko  July 29, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    “An Open Heart, Armor Down.” Maud Newton and Ann Leary in Conversation

    By Literary Hub  July 29, 2022
    Animals

    Smarter Than We Think: A Reading List on Animal Intelligence

    By Ned Beauman  July 29, 2022
    Shelf Talkers

    Shelf Talkers: What Booksellers Are Reading at Third Place Books

    By Corinne Segal  July 29, 2022
    New Books Network

    Richard Swan on the Necessity of Creating Limits in Fantastical Worldbuilding

    By New Books Network  July 29, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Ada Limón on How We’ll Never Truly Understand the Mystery of Being Alive

    By The Maris Review  July 28, 2022
    In Memoriam

    Remembering Daphne Athas: Writer, Reader, Teacher, Mentor, Adventurer, Friend

    By Literary Hub  July 28, 2022
    13 Ways of Looking

    13 Ways of Looking: Samantha Hunt on the Visual Inspirations Behind Her First Work of Nonfiction

    By Samantha Hunt  July 28, 2022
    Journalism

    When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

    By Katie Hafner  July 28, 2022
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of July

    By Emily Temple  July 28, 2022
    What to Watch

    The Most Impossible Art: Anime, Literature, and the New Aesthetic Imagination

    By Lio Min  July 28, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  July 28, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  July 28, 2022
    Book Dreams

    The Author Who Terrified Neil Gaiman

    By Book Dreams  July 28, 2022
    Indigenous Lit

    Naw thep’thay’gaw: On Telling a Multicultural Indigenous Story

    By Oscar Hokeah  July 28, 2022
    World War II

    On Claude Simon’s Classic Nouveau Roman and the Possibilities of Fragmented Narrative

    By Jerry W. Carlson  July 27, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Stumbling Into Empathy on the Way to Dick Jokes: A Conversation with Leyna Krow

    By I'm a Writer But   July 27, 2022
    Queers at the End of the World

    Franny Choi on How Poetry Can Help Us Experience the Future We Want

    By Queers at the End of the World  July 27, 2022
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Sarah Gailey and T. Kingfisher Talk Haunted Houses, Fantastic Fungi, and the Stories Nonbinary Folks Deserve

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   July 27, 2022
    new books tuesday

    10 glorious new books to get your hands on right now.

    By Katie Yee  July 26, 2022
    How to Read

    We Need to Reckon with the Rot at the Core of Publishing

    By Elaine Castillo  July 26, 2022
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