The Poetics of Film: Four Poets on How Cinema Influences Their Work

The Poetics of Film: Four Poets on How Cinema Influences Their Work

On Dracula, Anna May Wong, Secret Sunshine, and “Horror Poetry”

By Christopher Kondrich | February 17, 2023

Camonghne Felix on the Gentle Balance of Writing about Trauma

Camonghne Felix on the Gentle Balance of Writing about Trauma

"I found ways to offer the reader reprieve and safe space."

By Camonghne Felix | February 17, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Courtney Maum is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Courtney Maum is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Rebecca Solnit, C.K. Chau and Colleen Hoover

By Diana Arterian | February 17, 2023

Mirror and Window Both: The Brief Superabundance of Aubrey Beardsley

Mirror and Window Both: The Brief Superabundance of Aubrey Beardsley

A. Natasha Joukovsky on the Man Whose Illustrations Nearly Outshone the Words of Oscar Wilde

By A. Natasha Joukovsky | February 16, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

1984 be like if Winston Smith had an endearing personality?"">"What would 1984 be like if Winston Smith had an endearing personality?"

By Book Marks | February 16, 2023

Chetna Maroo: “Every Time I Lost my Way, I Would Go Back to That First Page.”

Chetna Maroo: “Every Time I Lost my Way, I Would Go Back to That First Page.”

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 16, 2023

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Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the Unique Pleasures of Reading in Public

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | February 15, 2023

A Bizarre Pattern of Bridges: How—and Why—Baudelaire Showed Up Throughout My Fiction

By Gunnhild Øyehaug | February 15, 2023

Chani Nicholas on Writing (and Astrology) as a Response to Trauma

By Thresholds | February 15, 2023

Book Stalls and Back Rooms: Traveling the World in Search of Literary Serendipity

Book Stalls and Back Rooms: Traveling the World in Search of Literary Serendipity

Barry Yourgrau on the Memories That Come Along With Any Book Collection

By Barry Yourgrau | February 15, 2023

John Cribb on What Both Republicans and Democrats Can Learn From Abraham Lincoln

John Cribb on What Both Republicans and Democrats Can Learn From Abraham Lincoln

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 15, 2023

Indie Booksellers Recommend 26 Books for Valentine's Day

Indie Booksellers Recommend 26 Books for Valentine's Day

The Art of the Hand-Sell: Love Stories

By Katie Yee | February 14, 2023

18 new books to borrow from your local library.

18 new books to borrow from your local library.

By Katie Yee | February 14, 2023

On One of the Most Influential Essays of the 21st Century: Of Snark and Smarm

On One of the Most Influential Essays of the 21st Century: Of Snark and Smarm

Stephen Marche Considers the Long Tail of Tom Scocca’s “On Smarm”

By Stephen Marche | February 14, 2023

In Praise of the Campus Novel: Daisy Alpert Florin on Fiction and Self-Discovery

In Praise of the Campus Novel: Daisy Alpert Florin on Fiction and Self-Discovery

“A campus is a cauldron, a swirling pot of people learning about themselves.”

By Daisy Alpert Florin | February 14, 2023

Ana Reyes on How Psychology Drives Good Fiction

Ana Reyes on How Psychology Drives Good Fiction

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | February 14, 2023

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