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Yan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author

Yan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author

On State Censorship, Artistic Integrity, and the Market Forces Behind Local and Global Publishing

By Yan Lianke | April 23, 2024

Torn Dresses, Frank Sinatra, Ghosts in the Loo: Judi Dench on a Lifetime of Playing Shakespeare

Torn Dresses, Frank Sinatra, Ghosts in the Loo: Judi Dench on a Lifetime of Playing Shakespeare

Judi Dench and the Actor and Director Brendan O'Hea in Conversation from Their New Book "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent"

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2024

Jane Smiley! Judi Dench! Amy Tan on birding! 24 new books out today.

Jane Smiley! Judi Dench! Amy Tan on birding! 24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 23, 2024

Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Your Presence Is Mandatory”

By Jane Ciabattari | April 23, 2024

What Medieval Poets Can Teach Us About Climate Change, and What Evangelicals Today Get Wrong

What Medieval Poets Can Teach Us About Climate Change, and What Evangelicals Today Get Wrong

Eleanor Johnson on How Medieval Christian Writers Accepted Ecological Collapse

By Eleanor Johnson | April 22, 2024

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Series Editor Jenny Minton Quigley on the Importance of Finding the Unusual in the Ordinary

By Jenny Minton Quigley | April 22, 2024

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“Pale Fire” (Tavi’s Version): Notes on Taylor Swift and the Literature of Obsessive Fandom

By Leigh Stein | April 19, 2024

Paul Yamazaki on the Important, Joyous Work of Running an Independent Bookstore

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Julia Alvarez on Falling in Love with Writing Again

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“Resets are necessary throughout a writing life.”

By Julia Alvarez | April 19, 2024

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By Book Marks | April 18, 2024

My “Friend” Keeps Sending Me Their Writing and I Need It To Stop: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My “Friend” Keeps Sending Me Their Writing and I Need It To Stop: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

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Jen Silverman on Generational Divides in American Politics

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Facing That Which Haunts You: Ethel Rohan on Writing About Grief

Facing That Which Haunts You: Ethel Rohan on Writing About Grief

“For most of my life, I’ve suffered in shame and silence while the men who hurt me got away scot-free.”

By Ethel Rohan | April 18, 2024

Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

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The Time I Stole Tama Janowitz’s <em>Slaves of New York</em> and Couldn’t Stop Reading It

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