In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

S. Kirk Walsh Looks Back at 33 Years of Writers in Public

By S. Kirk Walsh | October 14, 2020

The Jamaican Slave Insurgency That Transformed the World

The Jamaican Slave Insurgency That Transformed the World

From Vincent Brown's Cundill Prize-Nominated
Tacky’s Revolt

By Vincent Brown | October 14, 2020

Americans Abroad in Literature: A Passport to Reading

Americans Abroad in Literature: A Passport to Reading

With Appearances From James Baldwin, Henry James, and More

By Soledad Fox Maura | October 13, 2020

Mariana Enriquez: On a French Love Affair and a Man Lost to Time

Mariana Enriquez: On a French Love Affair and a Man Lost to Time

"I was never naked with anyone so beautiful."

By Mariana Enriquez | October 13, 2020

Elif Shafak on What It Means to Belong in Many Places at Once

Elif Shafak on What It Means to Belong in Many Places at Once

"It worries me immensely, seeing the walls rise higher and higher."

By Elif Shafak | October 9, 2020

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

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

A.J. Lees on Exploration Fawcett

By A.J. Lees | October 6, 2020

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Outpost by Dan Richards, Read by the Author

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The Cookbook That Keeps Memories of a Maine Inn Alive

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Navigating Literary Censorship—and Worse—in Iran

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Amir Ahmadi Arian on Creative Freedom and Sitting at the "Gate of Law"

By Amir Ahmadi Arian | September 28, 2020

You can stay in the house where F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald lived for $72 a night.

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The Book That Changed My Life: Giving Voice to the Divine, Inexplicable Ocean

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Jock Serong on the Writing of the Reclusive James Hamilton Paterson

By Jock Serong | September 24, 2020

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 21, 2020

On Land Ethics and One of the Last Heaths in Northern Europe

On Land Ethics and One of the Last Heaths in Northern Europe

Why Robert Michael Pyle Is Haunted by a Field of Heather

By Robert Michael Pyle | September 18, 2020

Morgan Jerkins: Who Gets Displaced for the Sake of Tourism?

Morgan Jerkins: Who Gets Displaced for the Sake of Tourism?

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 17, 2020

Social Cachet and Souvenirs: A Brief History of Modern Tourism

Social Cachet and Souvenirs: A Brief History of Modern Tourism

Eric Zuelow Guests on Time to Eat the Dogs

By Time to Eat the Dogs | September 15, 2020

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