Shailene Woodley is your new Patricia Highsmith.

Shailene Woodley is your new Patricia Highsmith.

By Dan Sheehan | May 12, 2023

One great short story to read today: Donald Barthelme's

One great short story to read today: Donald Barthelme's "Rebecca."

By Emily Temple | May 12, 2023

How To Write About Your Mother

How To Write About Your Mother

Terry McDonell: “I did not set out to write about Irma.”

By Terry McDonell | May 12, 2023

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

Sam Leith Has Some Serious Ideas

By Sam Leith | May 12, 2023

“They Are the Mothers!” From Goethe to Cusk, Halting Progress for Moms

“They Are the Mothers!” From Goethe to Cusk, Halting Progress for Moms

Jennifer Banks Wants to Drag Motherhood Out of the Mud

By Jennifer Banks | May 12, 2023

Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

Jonathan Russell Clark Traces the Evolution of a Pretty Depressing Character

By Jonathan Russell Clark | May 12, 2023

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Readings from the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology

By The Literary Life | May 12, 2023

The Five Devils is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

By Laura Valenza | May 12, 2023

Arinze Ifeakandu has won the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize.

By Janet Manley | May 11, 2023

<em>Pedro Páramo</em> is coming to Netflix.

Pedro Páramo is coming to Netflix.

By Dan Sheehan | May 11, 2023

See the cover for Kaveh Akbar's novel <em>Martyr!</em>

See the cover for Kaveh Akbar's novel Martyr!

By Literary Hub | May 11, 2023

One great short story to read today: Wells Tower's

One great short story to read today: Wells Tower's "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned."

By Raf Richardson-Carillo | May 11, 2023

Garth Risk Hallberg Goes Behind the Scenes of the <em>City on Fire</em> Adaptation

Garth Risk Hallberg Goes Behind the Scenes of the City on Fire Adaptation

”The interior was so fully realized and so maximized for pothead goofing off that I didn’t want to leave.”

By Garth Risk Hallberg | May 11, 2023

To Heal the Planet, We Must Heal Ourselves: Ben Okri Proposes New Visions For Our Collective Future

To Heal the Planet, We Must Heal Ourselves: Ben Okri Proposes New Visions For Our Collective Future

“The climate crisis is not really about the climate. It’s about us.”

By Ben Okri | May 11, 2023

Stephen Marche Explains Why Technologies Like ChatGPT Will Make Creators More Valuable Than Ever

Stephen Marche Explains Why Technologies Like ChatGPT Will Make Creators More Valuable Than Ever

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 11, 2023

The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s <em>Big Two-Hearted River</em>

The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River

“The burned landscape and the desolate swamp in that case could stand for a writer’s creative unconscious.”

By John N. Maclean | May 11, 2023

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