Dorothy Allison: “In the Stories We Share and Those We Have Not Yet Crafted—We Live Forever”

Dorothy Allison: “In the Stories We Share and Those We Have Not Yet Crafted—We Live Forever”

From Her Publishing Triangle’s Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement Speech

By Dorothy Allison | April 22, 2024

“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Considers the South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher

By Aimee Nezhukumatathil | April 22, 2024

What Medieval Poets Can Teach Us About Climate Change, and What Evangelicals Today Get Wrong

What Medieval Poets Can Teach Us About Climate Change, and What Evangelicals Today Get Wrong

Eleanor Johnson on How Medieval Christian Writers Accepted Ecological Collapse

By Eleanor Johnson | April 22, 2024

Two Vietnams: Chronicling a Father and Daughter’s Shared Love For the Same Country

Two Vietnams: Chronicling a Father and Daughter’s Shared Love For the Same Country

Christina Vo on Writing an Intergenerational Tale of a Divided Land

By Christina Vo | April 22, 2024

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Series Editor Jenny Minton Quigley on the Importance of Finding the Unusual in the Ordinary

By Jenny Minton Quigley | April 22, 2024

Read Smart on Gardens Past and Present

Read Smart on Gardens Past and Present

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart

By Read Smart | April 22, 2024

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“Pale Fire” (Tavi’s Version): Notes on Taylor Swift and the Literature of Obsessive Fandom

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Paul Yamazaki on the Important, Joyous Work of Running an Independent Bookstore

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The Byronic Revolution of Che Guevara

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How Much is Enough? On the Writerly Balance Between Money and Time

How Much is Enough? On the Writerly Balance Between Money and Time

For Novelist Ryan Chapman, “There are wants, and there are needs.”

By Ryan Chapman | April 19, 2024

How Lydia Ernestine Becker Was Once Central to—Then Excluded from—the Study of Botany

How Lydia Ernestine Becker Was Once Central to—Then Excluded from—the Study of Botany

Erin Zimmerman on How Botany Helped to Complicate Our Views of Gender

By Erin Zimmerman | April 19, 2024

An Oasis in the Desert: Why Libraries Are the Best Places to Write

An Oasis in the Desert: Why Libraries Are the Best Places to Write

Rahul Mehta Considers the Virtues of Public Space as Writing Space

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Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah has won the $100,000 Jackson Poetry Prize.

Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah has won the $100,000 Jackson Poetry Prize.

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These are the

These are the "most influential" writers of the year.

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Here are the finalists for the NYPL's 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award.

Here are the finalists for the NYPL's 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award.

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The official trailer for <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude </em> is here.

The official trailer for One Hundred Years of Solitude is here.

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