The Rich and Secret Life of a Writer of Reading Guides

The Rich and Secret Life of a Writer of Reading Guides

Je Banach on the Value of an Unheralded Genre

By Je Banach | March 16, 2022

“Fabulous Outfits, Breathlessly Described.” A Reading List of Literary “It” Girls

“Fabulous Outfits, Breathlessly Described.” A Reading List of Literary “It” Girls

Véronique Hyland Recommends Edith Wharton, Elaine Dundy, and More!

By Véronique Hyland | March 16, 2022

The Marvelous Grotesquerie of Katherine Dunn's <em>Geek Love</em>

The Marvelous Grotesquerie of Katherine Dunn's Geek Love

“Geek Love may offend; it may repulse; in doing so, however, it speaks directly to what it means to be human.”

By Book Marks | March 16, 2022

Rare Thoughts on Writing From Cormac McCarthy in This Unlikely Interview

Rare Thoughts on Writing From Cormac McCarthy in This Unlikely Interview

It Only Took Two Arizona High School Students to Get Answers From the Legendarily Reclusive Author

By Murray Carpenter | March 15, 2022

18 new books hitting shelves this week.

18 new books hitting shelves this week.

By Katie Yee | March 15, 2022

Finance Books for People Who Hate Finance: A Reading List

Finance Books for People Who Hate Finance: A Reading List

Mary Childs is Here to Help Ease You Into the Economy

By Mary Childs | March 15, 2022

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How Twilight Zone and a Japanese Art Installation Inspired Sequoia Nagamatsu's Novel

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No Place You’d Want to Go: On Writing About Flint

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Seasons of Scam: A Reading List of Fake Identities

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Mapping the Unknown: Literary Defamiliarization in Our Pandemic Era

Mapping the Unknown: Literary Defamiliarization in Our Pandemic Era

Gabrielle Bellot on Viktor Shklovsky, the Risk of Life, and Art as a Way of Reencountering

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 14, 2022

After <em>How to with John Wilson</em>, Will More Filmmakers Use the Tools of Lyric Essay?

After How to with John Wilson, Will More Filmmakers Use the Tools of Lyric Essay?

Matthew King on the Genre-Bending Portrait of Public Life

By Matthew King | March 14, 2022

“I am Never Too Busy to Think of S&S.” On Jane Austen's <em>Sense and Sensibility</em>

“I am Never Too Busy to Think of S&S.” On Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | March 14, 2022

Making Space for Mistakes and Experiments, in Marriage and Writing

Making Space for Mistakes and Experiments, in Marriage and Writing

Francesco Pacifico on Writing (and Revising) Female Characters

By Francesco Pacifico | March 14, 2022

Finding the Kinship Between Manifestations of Creativity and Depression

Finding the Kinship Between Manifestations of Creativity and Depression

Gia de Cadenet on Making Sense of the Raw Material

By Gia de Cadenet | March 14, 2022

Lan Samantha Chang on Teaching, Tone, and Literary Generations

Lan Samantha Chang on Teaching, Tone, and Literary Generations

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 14, 2022

In <em>The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,</em> Samuel L. Jackson Plays the Role of a Lifetime

In The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Samuel L. Jackson Plays the Role of a Lifetime

Olivia Rutigliano on the New Adaptation of Walter Mosley’s Novel

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