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What You See Is What You Get: The Optical Illusions That Shape Fiction—and Ourselves

What You See Is What You Get: The Optical Illusions That Shape Fiction—and Ourselves

T.J. Martinson Explores the Narrative Role of Sight on the Page and in the Real World

By T.J. Martinson | May 23, 2025

Nonfiction Against the End of the World: An Apocalypse Reading List

Nonfiction Against the End of the World: An Apocalypse Reading List

Martha Park Recommends Mark O’Connell, Emily Raboteau, Jeff Sharlet and More

By Martha Park | May 23, 2025

Gorilla Under the Bed: Desire and Death in James Tiptree Jr.’s <em>Her Smoke Rose Up Forever</em>

Gorilla Under the Bed: Desire and Death in James Tiptree Jr.’s Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

Elizabeth Costello Considers the Socially Aware Subtext of a Pseudonymous Master of Speculative Fiction

By Elizabeth Costello | May 23, 2025

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 Yiyun Li, Alison Bechdel, Robert Macfarlane, and More

By Book Marks | May 23, 2025

Julia Elliott on Small-Town Voters and Trump’s Tariff Trap

Julia Elliott on Small-Town Voters and Trump’s Tariff Trap

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 22, 2025

Hari Kunzru Reflects on Edward Said's <em>Culture and Imperialism</em> Thirty Years After Publication

Hari Kunzru Reflects on Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism Thirty Years After Publication

“For every narrative there are counternarratives, and meaningful interpretations of culture arise out of an analysis of tensions and contradictions”

By Hari Kunzru | May 22, 2025

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By Book Marks | May 22, 2025

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

By Maris Kreizman | May 22, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Alison Bechdel Is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | May 22, 2025

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Five Novels Involving Destructive Relationships

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Five Novels Involving Destructive Relationships

Meg Serino Recommends Elif Batuman, Julie Buntin, Emma Cline and More

By Meg Serino | May 21, 2025

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Adam Roberts Recommends Culinary Moments from Nora Ephron, Charles Dickens, Bryan Washington, and More

By Adam Roberts | May 20, 2025

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Jesse Browner Explores Why the Core Rules of Fiction Still Apply in Stories of the Past

By Jesse Browner | May 20, 2025

Ben Calhoun on Editing for the Ear

Ben Calhoun on Editing for the Ear

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | May 20, 2025

Talk Fiction: Adelaide Faith on Turning an Obsession with Her Therapist into a Novel

Talk Fiction: Adelaide Faith on Turning an Obsession with Her Therapist into a Novel

The Author of “Happiness Forever” in Conversation with Chelsea Hodson

By Chelsea Hodson | May 19, 2025

Actually, It’s Ok to Steal Your Ideas. Sort Of... (Or: Learning to Love My Literary Influences)

Actually, It’s Ok to Steal Your Ideas. Sort Of... (Or: Learning to Love My Literary Influences)

Bryan VanDyke Ponders Inspiration Versus Plagiarism, Ursula Le Guin, and AI Hallucinations

By Bryan VanDyke | May 19, 2025

"Don Quixote," Proto-Feminist Text: How Cervantes' Daughter Shaped His Novel

Martha Bátiz on Telenovelas, Writing Isabel de Saavedra's Story, and Women in the "Quixote"

By Martha Bátiz | May 19, 2025

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