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

By Courtney Zoffness | May 18, 2021

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

Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

The Author of Negative Space Talks to Sari Botton

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 18, 2021

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

Isle McElroy on Torrey Peters, Veronica Esposito, and the Divide Between Being and Doing Trans

By Isle McElroy | May 18, 2021

On the Small Family Firm Responsible for So Much American Economic Power

On the Small Family Firm Responsible for So Much American Economic Power

Zachary Karabell Traces the History of Brown Brothers Harriman

By Zachary Karabell | May 18, 2021

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Virginie Despentes on Continuing the Feminist Revolution

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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.

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

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Did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerald was the first writer to use the term

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<em>The Mystery of Charles Dickens</em> has been named the best biography of the year.

The Mystery of Charles Dickens has been named the best biography of the year.

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Katherine Barber, who helped define “Canadian English,” has died at 61.

Katherine Barber, who helped define “Canadian English,” has died at 61.

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