Awkwafina is your host for the 2021 PEN America Literary Gala.

Awkwafina is your host for the 2021 PEN America Literary Gala.

By Vanessa Willoughby | August 3, 2021

We’re getting a new Nell Zink novel featuring bikers, princes, and money laundering.

We’re getting a new Nell Zink novel featuring bikers, princes, and money laundering.

By Walker Caplan | August 3, 2021

Read the short story that just won the £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing.

Read the short story that just won the £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing.

By Walker Caplan | August 3, 2021

The National Book Foundation’s newest initiative will celebrate books about science and technology.

The National Book Foundation’s newest initiative will celebrate books about science and technology.

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2021

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in August

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in August

From The Pursuit of Love to The Chair

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2021

My Life Story, Someone Else’s Voice: Why I Won’t Be Narrating My Memoir’s Audiobook

My Life Story, Someone Else’s Voice: Why I Won’t Be Narrating My Memoir’s Audiobook

James Tate Hill on the Way We Listen to Contemporary Memoir

By James Tate Hill | August 3, 2021

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After the Afterparty: On Grieving the Loss of Anthony Veasna So, an Explosive Literary Talent

By Zach Shultz | August 3, 2021

Reading is a Political Encounter: On Violence, Language, and Selective Forgetting

By Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi | August 3, 2021

The Legacy of Post-Katrina New Orleans’ Political Theater on Today’s Climate Crisis

By Samantha Montano | August 3, 2021

A Brief Survey of Famous Authors and Their Favorite Cocktails (and Colognes!)

A Brief Survey of Famous Authors and Their Favorite Cocktails (and Colognes!)

Timothy Schaffert Considers the Fitzgeralds, Truman Capote, Josephine Baker, and More

By Timothy Schaffert | August 3, 2021

Letter to an Unborn Child: How Could I Bring You Into a Collapsing World?

Letter to an Unborn Child: How Could I Bring You Into a Collapsing World?

Daniel Sherrell Navigates Love and Desperation in the Time of Climate Change

By Daniel Sherrell | August 3, 2021

Calling Danny Boy: Geoff Dyer on the <em>Monty Python</em> of <br>War Films

Calling Danny Boy: Geoff Dyer on the Monty Python of
War Films

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | August 3, 2021

Sarah Damaske on How Unemployment Shapes Families

Sarah Damaske on How Unemployment Shapes Families

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 3, 2021

WATCH: Patricia Santana on Why Young Adult Fiction Is For Everyone

WATCH: Patricia Santana on Why Young Adult Fiction Is For Everyone

From the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 3, 2021

Ruth Wariner Reads an Excerpt From <em>The Sound of Gravel</em>

Ruth Wariner Reads an Excerpt From The Sound of Gravel

On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

By Storybound | August 3, 2021

Raymond Carver became a short story writer for a surprisingly practical reason.

Raymond Carver became a short story writer for a surprisingly practical reason.

By Walker Caplan | August 2, 2021

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