Colm Tóibín has won the 2021 David Cohen Prize for Literature.

Colm Tóibín has won the 2021 David Cohen Prize for Literature.

By Snigdha Koirala | December 14, 2021

Reminder: the most famous short story in American literature was written in one day.

Reminder: the most famous short story in American literature was written in one day.

By Walker Caplan | December 14, 2021

The Urgency of Rachel Carson’s Sea Trilogy in a Time of Climate Crisis

The Urgency of Rachel Carson’s Sea Trilogy in a Time of Climate Crisis

Sandra Steingraber on Carson’s Legacy and What We Are Losing

By Sandra Steingraber | December 14, 2021

How “Dark Tourism” Warps Our Understanding of History

How “Dark Tourism” Warps Our Understanding of History

Hasanthika Sirisena on the Commodification of War

By Hasanthika Sirisena | December 14, 2021

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Michael A. Gonzales Remembers His Dear Friend and Mentor

By Michael A. Gonzales | December 14, 2021

Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s <em>How the García Girls Lost Their Accents</em>

Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

Elizabeth Acevedo on the Lasting Legacy and Importance of a Transformative Novel

By Elizabeth Acevedo | December 14, 2021

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<em>The Red Badge of Courage</em> now has a sequel in which Henry Fleming becomes mayor.

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Anne Rice, the Queen of Gothic Literature, has died at the age of 80.

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What Happens When I Don’t Understand My Own Novel?

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Bonnie Friedman on Taking Clues From Your Own Manuscript

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On <em>New Yorker</em> Cartoonist Ed Koren’s Sketches for the End Times

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Howard Norman Talks to His Friend of Many Years

By Howard Norman | December 13, 2021

Aysegül Savas on the Business of Writing Beyond the Language of Business

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“I don’t often get to talk about the sustenance of daily joy, the nourishment of the imagination.”

By Literary Hub | December 13, 2021

“The Wines Tasted Alive.” Visiting an Icon of Natural Winemaking in Slovenia

“The Wines Tasted Alive.” Visiting an Icon of Natural Winemaking in Slovenia

Rachel Signer on an Afternoon with Saša Radikon

By Rachel Signer | December 13, 2021

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim on the Symbolism of Trees and the Power of Black and White Illustration

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim on the Symbolism of Trees and the Power of Black and White Illustration

The Author of The Waiting Speaks With Alexander Chee

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