June 18, 2025
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Dionne Brand on José Saramago’s Seeing
In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
Cult of the Cowboy: Inside the Toxic Adoration of an All-American Obsession
Rachel Wagner on Video Games, Violence and the Enduring Allure of the Vigilante Hero
More than Cosplaying the Past: Andrea Barrett on Learning to Write Fresh Historical Fiction
The Author of “Dust and Light” Shares Her Formative Influences for Using Fact in Fiction
Matters of the Heart: On Daily Life With a Defective Yet Vital Organ
Jeffrey L. Kosky: "My heart was defecting—as if it were not really mine—and the defector threatened to tear me apart."
Lit From the Chocolate City: Ten Washington D.C Books That Aren’t About Politicians
Charlotte Taylor Fryar Recommends Edward P. Jones, Dinaw Mengestu, Morowa Yejidé, and More
The Rise of Ronald Reagan, a Product of California
Michael Hiltzik on the Early Career of the Actor-Cum-Politician Who Changed America
An Invisibility Cloak of the Self: Jane Tara on Being Told She Was Going Blind in Her Forties
The Author of “Tilda Is Visible” Reflects on the World Before and After a Startling Vision Misdiagnosis
Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding
Andrew Lawler on the Revolutionary Roots of a Corrosive National Pastime
The Literary Favor Economy: In Praise of the Oft-Maligned Book Blurb
Ada Calhoun on Finding Community as a Professional Writer
In Praise of Wonder Boys (Both the Book AND the Movie)
Ed Simon on Michael Chabon’s Iconic Campus Novel at 30
On Being Mentored by a Chinese Woman Writer Who Lived a Thousand Years Ago
Wendy Chen Considers What Translating Li Qingzhao Taught Her About Her Own Work
Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West
Dan Sheehan Talks to the Author of “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”
Non-Canon Compliant: In Praise of Classic Lit Fan Fiction
Allison Epstein Explores the Benefits of Creating Your Own Version of a Canonical Mainstay
Pistachio Kulfi Inspired by Asha Thanki’s A Thousand Times Before
From Last Year's “Table of Contents” Dinner
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