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Elias Canetti on Being a Writer in a Tumultuous and Troubling World

Elias Canetti on Being a Writer in a Tumultuous and Troubling World

“The poet is nothing if he does not ceaselessly apply myth to the world around him.”

By Elias Canetti | October 5, 2022

Sex and the 16th Century: How John Donne Learned To Write Love Poetry

Sex and the 16th Century: How John Donne Learned To Write Love Poetry

Katherine Rundell on Love and Literature in the Elizabethan Era

By Katherine Rundell | October 5, 2022

Why Book Festivals Matter, Even in a Time of War

Why Book Festivals Matter, Even in a Time of War

An Invitation to Join the Lviv BookForum, Programmed Virtually Around the World

By Sofia Cheliak | October 5, 2022

“My Journal Became My Confidant.” Coming of Age as a Queer Jamaican Boy in the Belly of America

“My Journal Became My Confidant.” Coming of Age as a Queer Jamaican Boy in the Belly of America

Prince Shakur on Seeking Solace in Books in His Tumultuous Early Teenage Years

By Prince Shakur | October 5, 2022

Twenty Strangers on a Boat in the Dark: Javier Zamora on His Childhood Migration

Twenty Strangers on a Boat in the Dark: Javier Zamora on His Childhood Migration

From His New Memoir Solito

By Javier Zamora | October 5, 2022

What Woody Allen’s <em>Manhattan</em> Tells Us About Society’s Relationship With Powerful Men

What Woody Allen’s Manhattan Tells Us About Society’s Relationship With Powerful Men

Erin Keane On Undoing Self-Made Cinematic and Family Myths

By Erin Keane | October 5, 2022

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“The land of the Mayombe doesn’t want us.” The Brutality and Folly of the Construction of the Congo-Océan Railroad

By J. P. Daughton | October 5, 2022

The Pulse of American Life: On Emily Post’s Evolving Legacy

By Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning | October 5, 2022

From Ovid to Hawthorne, on the Power and Possibility of Retelling Classic Stories

By Laurie Lico Albanese | October 5, 2022

Check out the creepy first trailer for <em>The Wonder</em>.

Check out the creepy first trailer for The Wonder.

By Dan Sheehan | October 4, 2022

Listen to the winner of the 2022 BBC National Short Story Award.

Listen to the winner of the 2022 BBC National Short Story Award.

By Emily Temple | October 4, 2022

Lena Waithe's production company is adapting a Joshua Bennett novella.

Lena Waithe's production company is adapting a Joshua Bennett novella.

By Corinne Segal | October 4, 2022

Read excerpts from the 2022 National Book Award finalists.

Read excerpts from the 2022 National Book Award finalists.

By Corinne Segal | October 4, 2022

10 literary classics that didn't sell.

10 literary classics that didn't sell.

By Emily Temple | October 4, 2022

Here are the 2022 National Book Award finalists.

Here are the 2022 National Book Award finalists.

By Emily Temple | October 4, 2022

Cover reveal: See the cover for Gerardo Sámano Córdova's <em> Monstrilio</em>.

Cover reveal: See the cover for Gerardo Sámano Córdova's Monstrilio.

By Literary Hub | October 4, 2022

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