Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

"Place is ... a powerful generator of tone and atmosphere."

By Laura van den Berg | July 30, 2021

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

On Growing Slowly and Loving “Stunning” Books

By Corinne Segal | July 30, 2021

Kathie Klarreich: How Working with Incarcerated People Has Changed My Life

Kathie Klarreich: How Working with Incarcerated People Has Changed My Life

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | July 30, 2021

This is not a drill: we're getting a new Zora Neale Hurston essay collection in 2022.

This is not a drill: we're getting a new Zora Neale Hurston essay collection in 2022.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 29, 2021

Maggie Shipstead's <em>Great Circle</em> is coming to TV.

Maggie Shipstead's Great Circle is coming to TV.

By Dan Sheehan | July 29, 2021

“Brother, you’ve got a fan now!” Read a letter from Nina Simone to Langston Hughes.

“Brother, you’ve got a fan now!” Read a letter from Nina Simone to Langston Hughes.

By Walker Caplan | July 29, 2021

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The only known recording of J.D. Salinger’s voice will be cremated with the woman who stole it.

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How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

Bo McMillan on the Novels of L.J. Davis and What Certain Kinds of Stories Reveal About Cities

By Bo McMillan | July 29, 2021

How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s <em>Absalom, Absalom!</em>?

How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!?

W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Faulkner’s Fiction, His Longtime Home, and the University of Mississippi

By W. Ralph Eubanks | July 29, 2021

What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

Writers Consider What Books Can, and Can't, Do for Kids

By Megan Otto | July 29, 2021

<em>The Green Knight</em> Unmakes a Classic—to Unsettling and Glorious Effect

The Green Knight Unmakes a Classic—to Unsettling and Glorious Effect

And yes, Dev Patel slaps.

By Emily Temple | July 29, 2021

Introducing the New Editor of the <em>Oxford American</em>: Danielle A. Jackson

Introducing the New Editor of the Oxford American: Danielle A. Jackson

“I like stories that trouble borders and boundaries we have all taken for granted for too long.”

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 29, 2021

An Evening of Comics: Kristen Radtke in Conversation with Mira Jacob and Malaka Gharib

An Evening of Comics: Kristen Radtke in Conversation with Mira Jacob and Malaka Gharib

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By The Virtual Book Channel | July 29, 2021

Love Affairs with Dead Composers: How Discovering Chopin Saved Mena Suvari

Love Affairs with Dead Composers: How Discovering Chopin Saved Mena Suvari

The American Beauty Actor on the Power of Music and the Challenges of Belonging

By Mena Suvari | July 29, 2021

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