A Crisis of Faith: Pauls Toutonghi on Finding Purpose in Creativity

A Crisis of Faith: Pauls Toutonghi on Finding Purpose in Creativity

"I had created something—something that I’d honestly thought of as maybe a little brilliant but also maybe a little crazy."

By Pauls Toutonghi | October 5, 2023

Whose Mary Is It Anyway? Anne Eekhout on Fictionalizing Mary Shelley

Whose Mary Is It Anyway? Anne Eekhout on Fictionalizing Mary Shelley

"If I do my job well, it will ring true."

By Anne Eekhout | October 5, 2023

The (Not So) Lost Buddhisms of India

The (Not So) Lost Buddhisms of India

From Douglas Ober's Cundill Prize-Nominated Dust on the Throne

By Douglas Ober | October 5, 2023

These three writers just won MacArthur “genius” grants.

These three writers just won MacArthur “genius” grants.

By Dan Sheehan | October 4, 2023

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Characters of Color

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Characters of Color

“Most of the fantasies I read as a child, all the good guys were white.”

By Arwen Curry | October 4, 2023

50 Years Ago, One of the Gutsiest, Strangest Sci-Fi Movie Franchises Came to a Close with <em>Battle for the Planet of the Apes</em>

50 Years Ago, One of the Gutsiest, Strangest Sci-Fi Movie Franchises Came to a Close with Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Matthew Hays on the Literary Adaptation (Yes, Really) That Doubled as a Hate Letter to America

By Matthew Hays | October 4, 2023

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On the Difficulty of Narrating the Audiobook for Your Own Memoir

By Freda Love Smith | October 4, 2023

On the Multifaceted Women Who Inspired Saint Augustine

By Kate Cooper | October 4, 2023

Charles Derber on How Capitalism is Driving Extinction

By Keen On | October 4, 2023

Exclusive: See the (sexy) cover for C. Michelle Lindley's debut novel, <em>The Nude</em>.

Exclusive: See the (sexy) cover for C. Michelle Lindley's debut novel, The Nude.

By Literary Hub | October 3, 2023

Legacies Both Ragged and Rich: Michelle Tea on Poverty and the American Family

Legacies Both Ragged and Rich: Michelle Tea on Poverty and the American Family

"Growing up within the poorer half of our country is my history."

By Michelle Tea | October 3, 2023

More, More, <em>More</em>: Why We Love Author Documentaries

More, More, More: Why We Love Author Documentaries

Jonathan Russell Clark Considers New Docs on Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, and Tom Wolfe

By Jonathan Russell Clark | October 3, 2023

How Alexei Ratmansky Brought A New Kind of Ballet to America

How Alexei Ratmansky Brought A New Kind of Ballet to America

Marina Harss on the Ukrainian Choreographer's Clever Subversion of Artistic Expectations

By Marina Harss | October 3, 2023

What the WGA’s Historic Contract Means for All Writers in the Fight Against Generative AI

What the WGA’s Historic Contract Means for All Writers in the Fight Against Generative AI

Alexis Gunderson on the Wins of Hollywood’s Hot Labor Summer

By Alexis Gunderson | October 3, 2023

The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

From Mackenzie Cooley's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Perfection of Nature

By Mackenzie Cooley | October 3, 2023

Taylor Lorenz on Being Extremely Online

Taylor Lorenz on Being Extremely Online

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 3, 2023

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