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Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

“In literature I have found a landscape or galaxy that is vaster and more enduring than a country or a state.”

By Ha Jin | July 28, 2025

Small Book, Big Ideas: <em>Harold and the Purple Crayon</em> and the Art of Imagination

Small Book, Big Ideas: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Art of Imagination

Philip Nel on the Enduring Cultural Legacy of a Children’s Classic

By Philip Nel | July 28, 2025

Margaret Busby on Jazz, Africa, and the Endurance of Jayne Cortez’s Disruptive Poetry

Margaret Busby on Jazz, Africa, and the Endurance of Jayne Cortez’s Disruptive Poetry

The Editor of “Firespitter: The Collected Poems of Jayne Cortez” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | July 28, 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 Michael Clune, the Everly Brothers, Linn Ullman, and More

By Book Marks | July 25, 2025

Temptress, Shapeshifter, Bird, Fish: Seven Books That Explore the Myths of Sirens

Temptress, Shapeshifter, Bird, Fish: Seven Books That Explore the Myths of Sirens

Kalie Cassidy Recommends Cassandra Khaw, Rose Sutherland, Emilia Hart, and More

By Kalie Cassidy | July 25, 2025

On Hybrid Writing: Finding the Right Container for the Story You Need to Tell

On Hybrid Writing: Finding the Right Container for the Story You Need to Tell

Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante Embrace the Importance of Genre Fluidity

By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante | July 25, 2025

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Am I the Asshole For Working on My Novel During a Shift at the Library?

By Kristen Arnett | July 24, 2025

On Gaza, Assia Wevill, and Finding “Permission to Narrate” in a Time of Genocide

By Emily Van Duyne | July 24, 2025

Gary Shteyngart on Vera, or Faith, and American Authoritarians

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 24, 2025

On the Importance of Holistic Thinking in Combating Addiction

On the Importance of Holistic Thinking in Combating Addiction

Melody Glenn Asks Us to View the Opioid Epidemic Through an Expansive Lens

By Melody Glenn | July 23, 2025

Searching For Divine Love: On the Literary Landscape of Conversion Experiences

Searching For Divine Love: On the Literary Landscape of Conversion Experiences

Terry Nguyen Explores the Intersection of Faith, Desire and Belonging

By Terry Nguyen | July 23, 2025

On the Decades-Long Erasure of Jewish Working-Class Anti-Zionism

On the Decades-Long Erasure of Jewish Working-Class Anti-Zionism

Benjamin Balthaser on Mike Gold, Alexander Bittelman, and the Paradoxes of Left-Wing Zionism

By Benjamin Balthaser | July 23, 2025

Escape from the Land of the Dead: On Leonora Carrington’s <em>The Stone Door</em>

Escape from the Land of the Dead: On Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door

"Magic and ideology are both practices of belief."

By Celia Bell | July 22, 2025

Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

Dan Fesperman Recommends Evelyn Waugh, Margaret Atwood, Gary Shteyngart, and More

By Dan Fesperman | July 22, 2025

Sinéad O'Connor! Sin City! A “Jewish Jane Austen!” 21 new books out today.

Sinéad O'Connor! Sin City! A “Jewish Jane Austen!” 21 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 22, 2025

Hypergraphia: On Prolific Writers and the Persistent Need to Produce

Hypergraphia: On Prolific Writers and the Persistent Need to Produce

Ed Simon Considers the Habits and Processes of a Group of Critically and Commercially Acclaimed Authors

By Ed Simon | July 21, 2025

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