How Richard Wright’s <em>Native Son</em> Eventually Made It to the Big Screen

How Richard Wright’s Native Son Eventually Made It to the Big Screen

Charlene Regester on the Fraught Relationship Between Early Black Writers and the American Film Industry

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An imprisoned Palestinian author has been shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

An imprisoned Palestinian author has been shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

By Dan Sheehan | February 28, 2024

Jean Jullien's enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

Jean Jullien's enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

By Emily Temple | February 28, 2024

Announcing <em>Voyage Into Genre</em> Live!

Announcing Voyage Into Genre Live!

Our Podcast with Tor Books hits the road!

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | February 28, 2024

Literature’s Lonely Hunter: On the “Sad, Happy Life” of Carson McCullers

Literature’s Lonely Hunter: On the “Sad, Happy Life” of Carson McCullers

Mary V. Dearborn Remembers an American Literary Champion of the Outsider

By Mary V. Dearborn | February 28, 2024

Phillipa Gregory on How the Norman Invasion Brought Patriarchy to England

Phillipa Gregory on How the Norman Invasion Brought Patriarchy to England

“There are more penises than English women in the Bayeux Tapestry.”

By Philippa Gregory | February 28, 2024

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Uncovering the Incredible Story of a Romance Between Two Prisoners in Auschwitz

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From the Reservation to the River: On the Complexities of Writing About a Native Childhood

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Sororal Death and Sad, Sexy Icons: Emmeline Clein on Eating Disorder Memoirs and the Contagion of Identification

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As Journalists Are Murdered in Gaza Their Counterparts Lose Jobs in America

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Steven W. Thrasher Wonders Who’s Left to “Afflict the Comfortable”

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The Crooked Timber of the Mind: On the Rise of “Autojournalism”

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Robert Moor Reads Matthew J.C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki”

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Hannah Goldfield on the Joy of Describing Tastes

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In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

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Amitava Kumar on Finding Solace in the Words of Others

Amitava Kumar on Finding Solace in the Words of Others

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Avian Teachers: On What We Can Learn from Birds

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The Sweetness at the Core: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the Positive, Humanizing Power of Fiction

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Considering the Central Role of Community and Solidarity in Stories of Marginalization

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