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On Taking Kink Seriously: A Reading List

On Taking Kink Seriously: A Reading List

Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon Recommend Artists Who Inspire Them

By Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon | February 11, 2021

Why is 20th-Century Literature So Obsessed with Normality?

Why is 20th-Century Literature So Obsessed with Normality?

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | February 9, 2021

Vendela Vida on Finding Humor in the Darker Side of <br>Teenage Life

Vendela Vida on Finding Humor in the Darker Side of
Teenage Life

The Author of We Run the Tides Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | February 9, 2021

A Brief History of Metaphor in <br>Persian Poetry

A Brief History of Metaphor in
Persian Poetry

Dick Davis on Literary Forms That Have Lasted a Thousand Years

By Dick Davis | February 9, 2021

When Talking About Poetry Online <br>Goes Very Wrong

When Talking About Poetry Online
Goes Very Wrong

On Ciaran Carson and the Importance of Low-Stakes Conversations in the “Small Back Room”

By Wayne Miller | February 8, 2021

Mastering the Art of the Lockdown Book Recommendation

Mastering the Art of the Lockdown Book Recommendation

With Lockdown Libraries, Clemmie Jackson-Stops Asks Readers to Think Beyond Genre and Taste

By Tyler Wetherall | February 8, 2021

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Chigozie Obioma: ‘I Really Do Believe That Fiction Should Say More Than One Thing’

By History of Literature | February 8, 2021

How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

By Lara Vergnaud | February 8, 2021

On the Complexity of Using the Mango as a Symbol in Diasporic Literature

By Urvi Kumbhat | February 8, 2021

On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

Rosalind Miles Considers Progress, Change, and "Lady Novelists"

By Rosalind Miles | February 5, 2021

<em>Egyptian Nights and Other Tales of Romance and Imagination</em> by Alexander Pushkin, Read by Stefan Rudnicki

Egyptian Nights and Other Tales of Romance and Imagination by Alexander Pushkin, Read by Stefan Rudnicki

Explore Classic Stories of Russian Literature

By Behind the Mic | February 5, 2021

What Does It Mean to Write a Political Novel?

What Does It Mean to Write a Political Novel?

Tobias Carroll: When Fury Meets Fiction

By Tobias Carroll | February 4, 2021

On the Complexities of Motherhood: A Reading List

On the Complexities of Motherhood: A Reading List

Avni Doshi Recommends Jhumpa Lahiri, Rachel Cusk, and More

By Avni Doshi | February 4, 2021

How Writing a Book Within a Book Saved My Novel

How Writing a Book Within a Book Saved My Novel

K Chess on the Importance Nested Narratives

By K Chess | February 4, 2021

The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

Philip Metres Seeks Unoccupied Spaces for Conversation

By Philip Metres | February 3, 2021

Lauren Oyler: Twitter has gotten so crazy... What if my book isn’t crazy enough?

Lauren Oyler: Twitter has gotten so crazy... What if my book isn’t crazy enough?

The Author of Fake Accounts Talks to Kyle Chayka

By Kyle Chayka | February 3, 2021

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