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Why I Had to Leave Home to Write About It

Why I Had to Leave Home to Write About It

Tyler Barton on the Path to Developing a Story

By Tyler Barton | November 16, 2021

How Misogyny and Religious Bigotry Have Influenced the Historical Portrayal of the Female Experience

How Misogyny and Religious Bigotry Have Influenced the Historical Portrayal of the Female Experience

Lucy Jago on the Creative Motivations Behind A Net for Small Fishes

By Lucy Jago | November 16, 2021

17 new books to keep your cozy reading season going strong.

17 new books to keep your cozy reading season going strong.

By Katie Yee | November 16, 2021

A Close Reading of the QAnon Shaman’s Conspiracy Manifesto

A Close Reading of the QAnon Shaman’s Conspiracy Manifesto

How RFK Jr., Naomi Wolf, and an NYU Professor Ended Up on the Same Page as QAnon Cultist Jacob Chansley

By Mark Dery | November 15, 2021

Catherine Lacey on Letting Go of the Anxiety and Responding to Current Events in Fiction

Catherine Lacey on Letting Go of the Anxiety and Responding to Current Events in Fiction

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | November 15, 2021

What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

The Center for Fiction’s 2021 First Novel Prize Authors Weigh In

By Literary Hub | November 15, 2021

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Patricia Engel on The Lover, Edwidge Danticat, and the Rats of NIMH

By Book Marks | November 15, 2021

Kalani Pickhart on Writing the Complexities of the 2013 Ukrainian Protests

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 15, 2021

Literary Remixes: From Little Women to the New Testament

By History of Literature | November 15, 2021

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 new titles by Louise Erdrich, Lily King, Ken Follett, David Graeber, and more

By Book Marks | November 12, 2021

How Has Literature Changed Over the Past Ten Years?

How Has Literature Changed Over the Past Ten Years?

Literary Disco Reflects on Ten Years of the Podcast

By Literary Disco | November 12, 2021

Loose Lips and Sunken Ships: How Family Secrets Can Protect or Destroy

Loose Lips and Sunken Ships: How Family Secrets Can Protect or Destroy

Patricia Dunn on Books That Feature Dysfunctional Families

By Patricia Dunn | November 12, 2021

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Of Nella Larsen's Passing, Emily Ratajkowski's My Body, Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Committed, and more

By Book Marks | November 11, 2021

Amitava Kumar on Writing Fiction in a World of Fake News

Amitava Kumar on Writing Fiction in a World of Fake News

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | November 11, 2021

The Accidental Origins of the “Subway Book Review”

The Accidental Origins of the “Subway Book Review”

Uli Beutter Cohen on How She Started Documenting New York’s Subway Readers

By Uli Beutter Cohen | November 11, 2021

“I’m Not Following the Rules of the American Western.” Tom Lin on Subverting a Genre

“I’m Not Following the Rules of the American Western.” Tom Lin on Subverting a Genre

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