WATCH: Poet Eric Gansworth in Conversation with Painter Andrea Carlson and Writer Heid Erdrich

WATCH: Poet Eric Gansworth in Conversation with Painter Andrea Carlson and Writer Heid Erdrich

Talking About the Fine Art of Procrastination

By Twenty Summers | October 6, 2020

This year's MacArthur fellows include six literary writers.

This year's MacArthur fellows include six literary writers.

By Corinne Segal | October 6, 2020

The staff of <em>The New Yorker</em> is celebrating a well-earned union victory.

The staff of The New Yorker is celebrating a well-earned union victory.

By Aaron Robertson | October 6, 2020

Here are the finalists for the 2020 National Book Awards.

Here are the finalists for the 2020 National Book Awards.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 6, 2020

Ramona Quimby and the Art of Writing From a Kid's Mind

Ramona Quimby and the Art of Writing From a Kid's Mind

Annie Barrows on How Children Discover the World

By Annie Barrows | October 6, 2020

The Secret History of

The Secret History of "Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"

Emily Temple on Samuel Pepys and Parlor Games for Plague Times

By Emily Temple | October 6, 2020

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How a Scrap of Papyrus Launched a Reconsideration of Early Christianity

By Ariel Sabar | October 6, 2020

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

By A.J. Lees | October 6, 2020

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

By John Freeman | October 6, 2020

Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?

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Hayley Krischer on the Reluctance to Publish Stories of Unlovable Girls

By Hayley Krischer | October 6, 2020

Ishmael Reed: Mr. Miranda, <em>Hamilton</em> Left Out a Few Things

Ishmael Reed: Mr. Miranda, Hamilton Left Out a Few Things

A Critical Take on the Broadway Hit

By Ishmael Reed | October 6, 2020

Andrew Denning on the Nazi Cult of Mobility

Andrew Denning on the Nazi Cult of Mobility

This Week on Time to Eat the Dogs

By Time to Eat the Dogs | October 6, 2020

On Abe Lincoln and the Tragic Failure of Reconstruction

On Abe Lincoln and the Tragic Failure of Reconstruction

David S. Reynolds in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 6, 2020

Eric Weiner on the Geography of Genius

Eric Weiner on the Geography of Genius

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | October 6, 2020

Good news break: a new journal, <em>Air/Light</em>, has launched.

Good news break: a new journal, Air/Light, has launched.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 5, 2020

Ethan Hawke's new (autobiographical) novel is full of rage and sex and longing and despair.

Ethan Hawke's new (autobiographical) novel is full of rage and sex and longing and despair.

By Dan Sheehan | October 5, 2020

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