Here's the shortlist for the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award.

Here's the shortlist for the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award.

By Literary Hub | September 7, 2023

Look inside the gorgeous English cottage where John Le Carré wrote <em>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.</em>

Look inside the gorgeous English cottage where John Le Carré wrote Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

By Emily Temple | September 7, 2023

James Ellroy Reveals the Real Reason He Writes

James Ellroy Reveals the Real Reason He Writes

"I’m writing this essay in the spirit of atonement. My ongoing biography should be revised to reflect this."

By James Ellroy | September 7, 2023

A Distinct Medium: How English Became a South Asian Literary Language

A Distinct Medium: How English Became a South Asian Literary Language

Liesl Schwabe on the Vision and Legacy of an Independent Press in Kolkata, India

By Liesl Schwabe | September 7, 2023

Brendan Shay Basham on the Similarities Between the Chef Life and the Writing Life

Brendan Shay Basham on the Similarities Between the Chef Life and the Writing Life

"Processes are a series of moments in passing."

By Brendan Shay Basham | September 7, 2023

<em>The Changeling</em> Brings a Genre-Bending Fable of Family to the Screen

The Changeling Brings a Genre-Bending Fable of Family to the Screen

Rebecca Ackermann on the New Series Adaptation of Victor LaValle’s Literary Horror Novel

By Rebecca Ackermann | September 7, 2023

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"Tolstoy did not neglect to describe the outhouses": Yiyun Li on the Material Concerns of Characters and Writers

By Yiyun Li | September 6, 2023

How to Live in Nature: S.L. Coney, Ruthanna Emrys, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs

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“Out of Time’s Monotone”: The Literary Life of the French Riviera

“Out of Time’s Monotone”: The Literary Life of the French Riviera

Jonathan Miles on a Haven for Indolent Aristocracy and Creative Types Alike

By Jonathan Miles | September 6, 2023

Richard Powers on How to Reconnect with Earth

Richard Powers on How to Reconnect with Earth

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | September 6, 2023

Read the first reviews of Jack Kerouac's <em>On the Road</em>.

Read the first reviews of Jack Kerouac's On the Road.

By Dan Sheehan | September 5, 2023

“Code words to say what can’t be said”: James Hannaham Talks to a Writer in Solitary Confinement

“Code words to say what can’t be said”: James Hannaham Talks to a Writer in Solitary Confinement

Kwaneta Harris and James Hannaham on Queerness and the Silencing of the Incarcerated

By Moira Marquis | September 5, 2023

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Notions of "Wilderness:" Nine Essential Books About the American Frontier

Peter Stark Recommends Debra Magpie Earling, William Kittredge, Willa Cather, and More

By Peter Stark | September 5, 2023

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on How Words Shape Our World

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on How Words Shape Our World

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 5, 2023

How <em>The Odyssey</em> Helped My Father and Me to Grow

How The Odyssey Helped My Father and Me to Grow

Daniel Mendelsohn on His Father and Making Lessons That Live On

By Daniel Mendelsohn | September 1, 2023

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