Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Helen Oyeyemi! Ryan Chapman! Marie-Helene Bertino! 26 books out in paperback this March.

 
By Gabrielle Bellot  February 28, 2025
craft advice

The Sweetness at the Core: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the Positive, Humanizing Power of Fiction

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin  February 27, 2024
New Books Tuesdays

Tommy Orange! Carson McCullers! The Village Voice! 24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot  February 27, 2024
Fiction/Non/Fiction

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment

By Fiction Non Fiction  September 7, 2023
Ursa

Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s Creative Journey from Lawyer to Award-Winning Writer

By Ursa   August 31, 2022
Ursa

An English Professor Finds a New Line of Work in Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s Short Story, “Ghetto University”

By Ursa   August 24, 2022
The Hub

20 paperbacks to kick off your summer reading.

By Katie Yee  June 1, 2022
new books tuesday

21 new books to add to your TBR pile this week.

By Katie Yee  August 17, 2021
Daily Fiction

“Cocoon”

By Lit Hub Excerpts  August 17, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Understanding Voice in Fiction

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin  August 13, 2021
Summer reading

10 Short Story Collections to Read This Summer

By Literary Hub  June 3, 2021
Fiction/Non/Fiction

The Past Is Never Dead: Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Michael Gorra on the ‘New South’ and Whether Faulkner Still Belongs There

By Fiction Non Fiction  September 24, 2020
The Hub

Here are the finalists for this year’s PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

By Katie Yee  March 3, 2020
The Hub

Here’s the longlist for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

By Jessie Gaynor  February 7, 2020
America

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Being a Patriotic Black Southerner

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin  July 3, 2019
Design

The 15 Best Book Covers of January

By Emily Temple  January 28, 2019
Feature

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

By Emily Temple  January 9, 2019
Feature

The Beginning or the End? Writers on the Age of Trump

By Literary Hub  November 7, 2016
Essay

Talking in New Orleans in the Age of Trump

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin  November 7, 2016

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