Commemorate Nakba Day with an evening of readings in NYC.

Commemorate Nakba Day with an evening of readings in NYC.

By Dan Sheehan | May 14, 2024

One great short story to read today: Ursula K. Le Guin's

One great short story to read today: Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Day Before the Revolution"

By James Folta | May 14, 2024

Lilly Dancyger on How to Support a Friend Through Grief

Lilly Dancyger on How to Support a Friend Through Grief

“Remember that there’s nothing you can say to make it better. Say only that you’re so sorry, so so sorry.”

By Lilly Dancyger | May 14, 2024

How Annie Ernaux Inspired Me to Tell My Own Abortion Story

How Annie Ernaux Inspired Me to Tell My Own Abortion Story

Colombe Schneck on Writing Against Shame and Solitude

By Colombe Schneck | May 14, 2024

Meet the novelists who are re-analyzing HBO's <em>Girls.</em>

Meet the novelists who are re-analyzing HBO's Girls.

By Brittany Allen | May 13, 2024

The strange, online lives of

The strange, online lives of "book husbands."

By James Folta | May 13, 2024

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One great short story to read today:
Leone Ross's "The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant"

By McKayla Coyle | May 13, 2024

Friday Night Flames: How Wildfires Threatened One High School’s Football Season

By Madeleine Orr | May 13, 2024

What Happens When You Read Your Mother’s X-Rated Novel

By Kate Feiffer | May 13, 2024

Reading Radically: A Reading List of the 1960s and 70s Protest Movements to Understand Activism Today

Reading Radically: A Reading List of the 1960s and 70s Protest Movements to Understand Activism Today

Jessica Shattuck Recommends Cathy Wilkerson, James Kunen, Abe Peck, and More

By Jessica Shattuck | May 13, 2024

Continual Self-Revision: Bee Sacks on Coming Out As a Nonbinary Author

Continual Self-Revision: Bee Sacks on Coming Out As a Nonbinary Author

“I have become a text that revises themself, that will revise themself every day, every day until the last day.”

By Bee Sacks | May 13, 2024

Colson Whitehead has withdrawn as a 2024 commencement speaker. Who will be next?

Colson Whitehead has withdrawn as a 2024 commencement speaker. Who will be next?

By Dan Sheehan | May 10, 2024

Ben Stiller will channel his best Norman Mailer in a new true crime movie.

Ben Stiller will channel his best Norman Mailer in a new true crime movie.

By James Folta | May 10, 2024

One great short story to read today: </br>Lydia Davis's

One great short story to read today:
Lydia Davis's "Break it Down"

By Emily Temple | May 10, 2024

You Are Being Lied to About Gaza Solidarity Camps by University Presidents, Mainstream Media, and Politicians

You Are Being Lied to About Gaza Solidarity Camps by University Presidents, Mainstream Media, and Politicians

What Steven W. Thrasher Saw on College Campuses

By Steven W. Thrasher | May 10, 2024

Alice McDermott’s Writing Mantra:<br> “Ah, Fuck Em.”

Alice McDermott’s Writing Mantra:
“Ah, Fuck Em.”

From Her One Story Literary Debutante Ball Address

By Alice McDermott | May 10, 2024

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