In Memoriam

Jorge Luis Borges on the Task of the Artist

Watch Borges in Conversation, on the Anniversary of His Death

 
By Emily Temple  June 7, 2017
In Memoriam

Remembering Denis Johnson: “Anything is Possible and It Could Be Extraordinary”

By Literary Hub  May 31, 2017
In Memoriam

The Literary World Says Goodbye To Denis Johnson

By Emily Temple  May 26, 2017
In Memoriam

A Writer to the Very End: Remembering the Great “Gatz”

By Maryanne Vollers  April 28, 2017
In Memoriam

Thomas McGuane Remembers His Friend, Jim Harrison

By Thomas McGuane  April 12, 2017
In Memoriam

Life Advice From Adrienne Rich

By Emily Temple  March 27, 2017
In Memoriam

How to Eat a Really Big Lunch with Jim Harrison

By Peter Nowogrodzki  March 24, 2017
In Memoriam

Literary Voices on the Legendary Brilliance of Robert Silvers

By Emily Temple  March 21, 2017
In Memoriam

Derek Walcott: Poet of Twilight, Poet of the Caribbean

By Gabrielle Bellot  March 20, 2017
In Memoriam

Odd, Prescient, Intense, Brilliant: Remembering Paula Fox

By Emily Temple  March 7, 2017
In Memoriam

The Life and Legacy of Bharati Mukherjee

By Anjali Enjeti  February 27, 2017
In Memoriam

Carlos Fonseca on the Legacy of Ricardo Piglia

By Carlos Fonseca Suarez  February 10, 2017
In Memoriam

Frederic Tuten Remembers Harry Mathews

By Frederic Tuten  February 3, 2017
In Memoriam

On the Legendary Clare Hollingworth

By Paul French  January 17, 2017
End of Year Lists

Notable Literary Deaths in 2016

By Emily Temple  December 30, 2016
In Memoriam

Basking in Shirley Hazzard’s Pure, Cold Light

By Mary Duffy  December 15, 2016
In Memoriam

Remembering William Trevor

By Emily Temple  November 22, 2016
In Memoriam

The Words and Work of Leonard Cohen

By Emily Temple  November 11, 2016
Feature

On the Poetic Brilliance of Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind

By Rosie Schaap  October 14, 2016
In Memoriam

Gloria Naylor: Mama Day, Mama Night, Bigger than Life

By Julia Alvarez  October 5, 2016
Criticism

Where Is Max Ritvo’s Heaven?

By M. Sophia Newman  September 7, 2016
Conversations

Death is Actually Very Funny: A Last Conversation with Max Ritvo

By Literary Hub  September 7, 2016
Feature

Obama, America, and the Legacy of James Alan McPherson

By Whitney Terrell  August 1, 2016
In Memoriam

Funeral Masque: An Elegy for Geoffrey Hill

By Ishion Hutchinson  July 7, 2016
Essay

Remembering James Salter, One Year Later

By Maureen Gibbon  June 20, 2016
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