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Beauty in Discomfort: In Defense of the Trauma Narrative

Beauty in Discomfort: In Defense of the Trauma Narrative

Emily Usher on the Enduring Importance of Writing About Pain

By Emily Usher | June 28, 2024

New Mythologies of the Frontier: A Neo-Western Reading List

New Mythologies of the Frontier: A Neo-Western Reading List

Kent Wascom Recommends Robin McLean, Charles Wilkinson Webber, Anna Burns, and More

By Kent Wascom | June 27, 2024

Am the Literary Asshole For Wanting to Tell People Their Writing Sucks?

Am the Literary Asshole For Wanting to Tell People Their Writing Sucks?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | June 27, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It offers something darker, colder, more fraught, and ultimately, singular and transcendent.”

By Book Marks | June 27, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tara M. Stringfellow Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tara M. Stringfellow Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Warsan Shire, Ann Patchett, Melissa Mogollon, and Others

By Diana Arterian | June 27, 2024

Maxim Loskutoff on the Unabomber and the Myth of the American West

Maxim Loskutoff on the Unabomber and the Myth of the American West

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 27, 2024

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How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

By Adam Smyth | June 26, 2024

Generation Franchise:
Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

By Jess Row | June 26, 2024

Helen Fielding on Bridget Jones and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

By Helen Fielding | June 26, 2024

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Alana Saab on Sharing a Mental Breakdown With Your Protagonist

By Alana Saab | June 26, 2024

Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 26, 2024

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s <em>Tamerlane</em>

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane

Bradford Morrow on the Bibliophile’s Holy Grail, Otherwise Known as the “Black Tulip”

By Bradford Morrow | June 25, 2024

How Reading Grief Memoirs Helped Cody Delistraty Understand His Loss in New Ways

How Reading Grief Memoirs Helped Cody Delistraty Understand His Loss in New Ways

The Author of “The Grief Cure” on the Unexpected Invisibility of the Grieving

By Cody Delistraty | June 25, 2024

Playing With Time: On the Art of Imagining in Alan Lightman’s <em>Einstein’s Dreams</em>

Playing With Time: On the Art of Imagining in Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams

Alizah Holstein Considers the Intersection of Academic Knowledge and Creative Passion

By Alizah Holstein | June 25, 2024

Carina del Valle Schorske on Putting Rhythms into Prose

Carina del Valle Schorske on Putting Rhythms into Prose

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | June 25, 2024

75 Years of <em>1984</em>: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

75 Years of 1984: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

Elif Shafak on the Relentless Real-World Spread of Orwellian Dystopia

By Elif Shafak | June 24, 2024

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