Ellen Meeropol on Writing Into the Gaps Left by Untold Family Stories

Ellen Meeropol on Writing Into the Gaps Left by Untold Family Stories

“When more isn’t there, or the story is hidden, my imagination fills in the blanks left by small snippets of family history.”

By Ellen Meeropol | September 16, 2022

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

Or: Encounters with Michael Ondaatje’s Dog

By Kailyn McCord | September 15, 2022

Read the Winners of <em>American Short Fiction</em>’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Memoir by Michael John Wiese; Fiction by David Antares

By Literary Hub | September 15, 2022

On Malcolm Lowry’s Yearslong, Fruitless Attempt to Adapt Fitzgerald’s <em>Tender Is the Night</em> for Film

On Malcolm Lowry’s Yearslong, Fruitless Attempt to Adapt Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night for Film

Michael Melgaard on the 455-Page Screenplay That Never Was

By Michael Melgaard | September 15, 2022

On Meaning and Time: Andrea Barrett on What the Past Tells Us About Today

On Meaning and Time: Andrea Barrett on What the Past Tells Us About Today

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 15, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tammy Nguyễn is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tammy Nguyễn is Reading Now and Next

A Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | September 15, 2022

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Jonathan Franzen: What Happens If We No Longer Have Bookstore Readings?

By The Writers Institute | September 14, 2022

43 Literary Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Fall

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2022

How a Group of Young Writers and Poets Revolutionized 18th-Century Literature

By Andrea Wulf | September 14, 2022

How Dealing in Facts Helps Fiction Writers Hone Their Craft

How Dealing in Facts Helps Fiction Writers Hone Their Craft

Tracey Lien on Using Journalistic Techniques and Tricks to Complete Her Novel

By Tracey Lien | September 14, 2022

Chinelo Okparanta on William Styron’s <em>Confessions of Nat Turner</em> and Writing Across Racial Identities

Chinelo Okparanta on William Styron’s Confessions of Nat Turner and Writing Across Racial Identities

“I did wonder about the implications of writing, albeit fictionally and satirically, from a white liberal-minded man’s perspective.”

By Chinelo Okparanta | September 14, 2022

Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | September 14, 2022

Two or Three Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard

Two or Three Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard

Towards an Obituary of a Cinematic Giant

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 14, 2022

Families Far Worse Than Yours: A Reading List

Families Far Worse Than Yours: A Reading List

Sally Koslow Recommends Joseph Han, Charmaine Wilkerson, Miranda Cowley Heller, and More

By Sally Koslow | September 14, 2022

Author-Illustrator Dan Santat on the Magic of Fractured Fairy Tales

Author-Illustrator Dan Santat on the Magic of Fractured Fairy Tales

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | September 14, 2022

Read William Faulkner’s 1952 Adulation of Hemingway’s <em>The Old Man and the Sea</em>

Read William Faulkner’s 1952 Adulation of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea

“Time may show it to be the best single piece of any of us.”

By Book Marks | September 13, 2022

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