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    2022 Oscars

    Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked Belfast

    By Literary Hub  March 22, 2022
    What to Watch

    With Belfast, Kenneth Branagh Hits Peak Irresistible

    By Olivia Rutigliano  March 22, 2022
    Life in a Pandemic

    How the Absence of a Funeral Makes Death So Much Harder For the Living

    By Olivia Clare Friedman  March 22, 2022
    2022 Oscars

    Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked Dune

    By Literary Hub  March 22, 2022
    AWP

    When in Philly: A Selection of Offsite Events at This Year’s AWP

    By Literary Hub  March 22, 2022
    The Hub

    Dolly Parton is going to star in the adaptation of Run, Rose, Run.

    By Katie Yee  March 21, 2022
    The Hub

    Cheryl Strayed releases a cut scene from Wild in honor of the memoir’s 10th anniversary.

    By Walker Caplan  March 21, 2022
    The Hub

    Lambda Literary cuts Lauren Hough from award shortlist because of “Twitter disputes.” 

    By Jonny Diamond  March 21, 2022
    2022 Oscars

    Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked Drive My Car

    By Literary Hub  March 21, 2022
    2022 Oscars

    Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked King Richard

    By Literary Hub  March 21, 2022
    The Writing Life

    Why We Need More Writers Practicing Medicine (and Vice Versa)

    By Xi Chen  March 21, 2022
    Coming of Age

    Every Coming-of-Age Story is an Apocalypse Story

    By Andrew DeYoung  March 21, 2022
    Voting

    A Call to Southern Writers: Register People to Vote at Literary Events

    By Belle Boggs, Robin Davidson and Jill McCorkle  March 21, 2022
    Censorship

    The Subtle Authoritarianism of Southeast Asia’s Wealthiest City-State

    By Jeevan Vasagar  March 21, 2022
    Mythology

    The Mermaid, C’est Moi: Rewriting the Story of a Universal Myth

    By Monique Roffey  March 21, 2022
    Reading

    The Revelation of Reading Toni Morrison in Moscow

    By Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry  March 21, 2022
    Emergence Magazine

    Melanie Challenger: Human Exceptionalism is Devastating Life on Earth

    By Emergence Magazine  March 21, 2022
    Comics

    What Can Superhero Stories Do For Us In 2022?

    By Peter Kalu  March 21, 2022
    The History of Literature

    When Mark Twain Tried to Start a Publishing Company (and Epically Failed)

    By History of Literature  March 21, 2022
    The Hub

    Researchers are mapping the effects of climate change on Walden Pond—with help from Thoreau.

    By Walker Caplan  March 18, 2022
    The Hub

    Actually, here is the dumb book-adjacent discourse to waste your time on today.

    By Jonny Diamond  March 18, 2022
    What to Watch

    The Many Forms of Love in Pachinko

    By Juhea Kim  March 18, 2022
    Keen On

    Neoliberal Pieties and Business School Empathy Aren’t Getting Us Out of This Mess

    By Andrew Keen  March 18, 2022
    The Craft of Writing

    Garth Greenwell on Writing Fiction like a Poet

    By Garth Greenwell  March 18, 2022
    War Reporting

    The Essential Value—and Deep Cost—of Reporting From War

    By Dan O'Brien  March 18, 2022
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