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33 Essential Works of Fiction by Iranian Writers

33 Essential Works of Fiction by Iranian Writers

Toward Writing and Publishing Beyond Stereotypes

By Niloufar Talebi | September 25, 2020

A Brief (But Not Too) History of <br>Literary Constipation

A Brief (But Not Too) History of
Literary Constipation

Jessica Gross Does Some Pandemic-Appropriate Reading

By Jessica Gross | September 24, 2020

Dynastic Privilege, A Terrible Novel, and the Race for a Crucial Senate Seat

Dynastic Privilege, A Terrible Novel, and the Race for a Crucial Senate Seat

Anjali Enjeti on What Georgia Democrats Can Learn From #OwnVoices

By Anjali Enjeti | September 24, 2020

What Is So Special About Balzac's Thousands of Characters?

What Is So Special About Balzac's Thousands of Characters?

Peter Brooks on the Extraordinary Fictional Lives of the French Master

By Peter Brooks | September 23, 2020

Lucille Clifton Didn't Just Write Poems. She Inhabited Them.

Lucille Clifton Didn't Just Write Poems. She Inhabited Them.

Tracie Morris Remembers a Reading at Cave Canem

By Tracie Morris | September 21, 2020

The Poet Who Had No Time<br> for Tragedy

The Poet Who Had No Time
for Tragedy

Dan Beachy-Quick on Anacreon the Greek's Lyrics of Drunken Love

By Dan Beachy-Quick | September 21, 2020

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  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

The Best War Narratives Go Beyond Brute Force

By Kerry Greenwood | September 21, 2020

In Vigdis Hjorth's Norway, Perfect Happiness Amounts to Complacency

By Charlotte Barslund | September 21, 2020

Let's Stop with the Realism Versus Science Fiction and Fantasy Debate

By Lincoln Michel | September 17, 2020

How a 1960s Sci-Fi Fable Expanded the Meaning of Cuban Pilgrimages

How a 1960s Sci-Fi Fable Expanded the Meaning of Cuban Pilgrimages

Yoss on Miguel Collazo's The Journey

By Yoss | September 17, 2020

The Importance of Taking Girls' Emotions Seriously in Literature

The Importance of Taking Girls' Emotions Seriously in Literature

This Week on The NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | September 17, 2020

The Joy of Editing—and Knowing—Randall Kenan

The Joy of Editing—and Knowing—Randall Kenan

Alane Mason Remembers a Brilliant Enigma

By Alane Salierno Mason | September 16, 2020

<em>Reading Women</em> on Two Anthologies That Center Race and Disability

Reading Women on Two Anthologies That Center Race and Disability

Kendra Winchester and Jaclyn Masters Discuss About Us and Growing Up African in Australia

By Reading Women | September 16, 2020

How Fiction Reckons with a World in Constant Crisis

How Fiction Reckons with a World in Constant Crisis

Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum and Karen Russell in Conversation

By Literary Hub | September 15, 2020

<em>Literary Disco</em> Discusses Jericho Brown's <em>The Tradition</em>

Literary Disco Discusses Jericho Brown's The Tradition

Julia, Rider, and Tod on the Pulitzer Prize–Winning Poetry Collection

By Literary Disco | September 15, 2020

The Most Savage Book Reviews of All Time

The Most Savage Book Reviews of All Time

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 14, 2020

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