On the Power of Fiction: 8 Novels About Little-Known Historical Events

On the Power of Fiction: 8 Novels About Little-Known Historical Events

Chanel Cleeton Recommends Zeyn Joukhadar, Vanessa Riley, and More

By Chanel Cleeton | May 7, 2021

Deborah Lindsay Williams on Asking Better Questions About the Status Quo

Deborah Lindsay Williams on Asking Better Questions About the Status Quo

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | May 7, 2021

On James Baldwin’s Unflinching Exposé of American Greed and Racial Terror

On James Baldwin’s Unflinching Exposé of American Greed and Racial Terror

Eddie Glaude Jr. Rereads Nothing Personal

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | May 6, 2021

Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 6, 2021

Celia C. Peréz on Creating the Zines She Couldn’t Find in the 90s

Celia C. Peréz on Creating the Zines She Couldn’t Find in the 90s

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | May 6, 2021

Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us <br>Reclaim Joy

Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us
Reclaim Joy

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | May 5, 2021

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Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

By Thresholds | May 5, 2021

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

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Chloe Fergusson-Tibble Recommends Māori Literature

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Death and the River: Close Reading a Classic Scots’ Border Ballad

Death and the River: Close Reading a Classic Scots’ Border Ballad

Why Ryan Bradley Can’t Stop Listening to “Annan Water”

By Ryan Bradley | May 5, 2021

The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

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By Emily Temple | May 4, 2021

23 new books to dig into this week.

23 new books to dig into this week.

By Katie Yee | May 4, 2021

On the Time-Traveling Allusions of T.S. Eliot

On the Time-Traveling Allusions of T.S. Eliot

Elisa Gabbert Joins the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | May 4, 2021

A Spaniard, a Frenchman, and Several Dead Russians: What I Owe Roberto Bolaño

A Spaniard, a Frenchman, and Several Dead Russians: What I Owe Roberto Bolaño

Chris Power on the Deep, Dark Influences Behind His Debut Novel

By Chris Power | May 4, 2021

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Kavita Bedford Recommends Work By Valeria Luiselli, Olivia Laing, and More

By Kavita Bedford | May 3, 2021

Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on First Draft

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 3, 2021

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