Would you let a random group of strangers on the Internet plot your next novel?

Would you let a random group of strangers on the Internet plot your next novel?

By Jonny Diamond | May 18, 2021

Jhumpa Lahiri is working on a new translation of Ovid’s <em>Metamorphoses</em>.

Jhumpa Lahiri is working on a new translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

By Walker Caplan | May 18, 2021

Announcing the second season of FUSE: A <em>BOMB</em> Podcast.

Announcing the second season of FUSE: A BOMB Podcast.

By Walker Caplan | May 18, 2021

On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

“Why can’t I go a week without wondering what she might have made of the person I’ve become?”

By Barrett Swanson | May 18, 2021

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

Courtney Zoffness on Finding Authenticity in a Great Writer and Professor

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How to Be Cool: On the Societal Expectations Placed on Black Boys vs. White Boys

How to Be Cool: On the Societal Expectations Placed on Black Boys vs. White Boys

Brian Broome Considers the One-Two Punch of Gender and Racial Identity

By Brian Broome | May 18, 2021

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Dr. Robert Pearl on the Pandemic and the Long-Reaching Impact of Institutional Racism

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“All crazy, all sick, these musicians.” On Maeterlinck and Debussy’s fraught collaboration.

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Carl Phillips has won the $75,000 Jackson Poetry Prize.

Carl Phillips has won the $75,000 Jackson Poetry Prize.

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Shocking absolutely no one, Skyhorse is set to republish Blake Bailey’s Philip Roth biography.

Shocking absolutely no one, Skyhorse is set to republish Blake Bailey’s Philip Roth biography.

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