August 18 – 22, 2025
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Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme
“His fallback, his signature, is always humor.”
The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s The General of the Dead Army
This Week from the Lit Century Podcast
The Rise of China’s State Surveillance Machinery
Geoffrey Cain on Big Data, AI, and the Specter of “Security”
Thanks to the Plumber Who Slept in My Bed: How a Surprising Trespasser Inspired My First Novel
Beck Dorey-Stein on the Unexpected Muse Behind Rock the Boat
How to Plan a Literary Drive-In: Or, the Pandemic’s Safest IRL Book Launch
Rachelle Toarmino on Celebrating a Debut During a Pandemic
Larissa Pham on Parasocial Relationships and Trying to Tell an Emotional Truth
The Author of Pop Song in Conversation with Zack Graham
Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko on the Rising Popularity of QAnon
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast
Nichole Perkins Reads From Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be
On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast
Tom Lin on the Importance of Conducting Literary Field Work
Jane Ciabattari Speaks with the Author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
How Domestic Violence Victims’ Advocacy Works in an Insular Island Community
Hanna Halperin on the Barriers for Victims on Martha’s Vineyard
How Lauren Shapiro’s Poems Remind Us That We’re Not Just Brains in Jars
This Week on the Literary Disco Podcast
Ocean Prey by John Sandford, Read by Richard Ferrone
Back on the Case with Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers
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