Stories Where Nothing Happens in the Middle of Nowhere: A Reading List

Stories Where Nothing Happens in the Middle of Nowhere: A Reading List

Michael Martone on Placeless Stories and “Not Narratives”

By Michael Martone | September 19, 2022

How Barack Obama Helped Joe Biden Become the 46th President of the United States

How Barack Obama Helped Joe Biden Become the 46th President of the United States

Gabriel Debenedetti on the Mutually Beneficial Relationship Between an Ex-President and His VP

By Gabriel Debenedetti | September 19, 2022

In Praise of the Bold, Powerful Women of Slavic Fairy Tales

In Praise of the Bold, Powerful Women of Slavic Fairy Tales

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore on the Baba Yaga Witch, the Maiden Tsar, and More

By Olesya Salnikova Gilmore | September 19, 2022

Why the 9.9% Is Running Our World—and How the 91.1% Need to Fight Back Against This Aristocracy

Why the 9.9% Is Running Our World—and How the 91.1% Need to Fight Back Against This Aristocracy

Matthew Stewart in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 19, 2022

Why the Next Major Civil Rights Movement Is Mental Health Activism

Why the Next Major Civil Rights Movement Is Mental Health Activism

Phyllis Vine in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 19, 2022

Kate Beaton on Why Her Coming-Of-Age Memoir Isn't as

Kate Beaton on Why Her Coming-Of-Age Memoir Isn't as "Dismal" as Some Critics Have Suggested

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 19, 2022

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It's official: Book-banning attempts aimed at libraries are way up this year.

By Corinne Segal | September 16, 2022

Here's the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award in Fiction.

By Emily Temple | September 16, 2022

When Collective Trauma Becomes Collective Amnesia: Reading Polina Barskova on Russia’s Myth of Itself

By Tanya Paperny | September 16, 2022

Dwarves, the Most Ill-Served of Jackson’s Hero Races, Get an Upgrade in <em>The Rings of Power</em>

Dwarves, the Most Ill-Served of Jackson’s Hero Races, Get an Upgrade in The Rings of Power

Coherent Themes! Complex Characters! Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth Recap Episode 4

By Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth | September 16, 2022

Thomas C. Foster on the Seven Deadly Sins of Writing

Thomas C. Foster on the Seven Deadly Sins of Writing

"You cannot let worry win."

By Thomas C. Foster | September 16, 2022

Christopher M. Finan: How to Battle Book Banning in Your Community

Christopher M. Finan: How to Battle Book Banning in Your Community

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | September 16, 2022

Three Classic Movies to Help Understand Our Conspiratorial Present

Three Classic Movies to Help Understand Our Conspiratorial Present

Andrew Keen Recommends a Little Cinema

By Andrew Keen | September 16, 2022

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

Elissa Bassist on Learning to Lean in to the Fear of Writing Like an Idiot

By Elissa Bassist | September 16, 2022

Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

David Ambroz on the Hunger, Red Tape, and Unspoken Rules That Accompany Childhood Poverty

By David Ambroz | September 16, 2022

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Kristin Beck on the Women Who Inspired Her Novel

By Kristin Beck | September 16, 2022

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