Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Christopher Sorrentino on a Year of Literary Success and Personal Cataclysm

By Christopher Sorrentino | September 27, 2021

Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable

Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable

Askold Melnyczuk on the Importance of Moral Complexity in Fiction

By Askold Melnyczuk | September 27, 2021

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Lauren Arrington on the Poets of Rapallo and Women’s Forgotten Involvement

By Lauren Arrington | September 27, 2021

Bathsheba Demuth on the Changing Landscapes of the Arctic Circle

Bathsheba Demuth on the Changing Landscapes of the Arctic Circle

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 27, 2021

Safety and the City: Why Women Have Never Relied on the Police for Protection

Safety and the City: Why Women Have Never Relied on the Police for Protection

Leslie Kern on Rethinking Systems That Put Women at Risk

By Leslie Kern | September 27, 2021

Mehran Sahami on the Sacrifices We’re Making Because of Big Tech

Mehran Sahami on the Sacrifices We’re Making Because of Big Tech

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 27, 2021

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Read the short story that just won the £2,500 White Review Short Story Prize.

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This year’s National Book Awards ceremony will be online-only after all.

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Listen to the musical stylings of Shel Silverstein and Johnny Cash.

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Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

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Yiyun Li on Taking Writing Lessons from <em>War and Peace</em>

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Rock Stars and Author Trading Cards: Tales from a Decade of Bookstore Events

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Thomas Gladysz on the Most Memorable Moments from an Indie Bookselling Career

By Thomas Gladysz | September 24, 2021

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