Michael Ondaatje

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

 
By Andrea Barrett  February 26, 2025
How to Write

Coffee, Booze, Undressing, Deprivation: How Writers Get in the Mood to Write

By Caitlin Shetterly  June 24, 2024
Jazz

In Honor of Duke Ellington: Here Are 15 Great Books About Jazz

By Ed Simon  May 24, 2024
Poetry

Telling Everything All at Once: A Conversation with Michael Ondaatje

By Howard Norman  March 20, 2024
New Books Tuesdays

Percival Everett! Téa Obreht! Michael Ondaatje! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot  March 19, 2024
Poetry

Seven Unexpectedly Intimate Poetry Books to Read in March

By Rebecca Morgan Frank  March 4, 2024
In Conversation

Writing as Transformation: Who Paul Yoon Needed to Become to Finish His Book

By Laura van den Berg  October 10, 2023
On Writing

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

By Kailyn McCord  September 15, 2022
Borders

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

By Yara Zgheib  January 4, 2022
The Hub

Who should star in the new TV adaptation of The English Patient?

By Dan Sheehan  August 19, 2021
Reading Lists

Lives Lived at Sea: A Reading List

By Lisa Alther  June 25, 2020
The Hub

An open letter from writers, artists and scientists argues that there’s no “back to normal.”

By Corinne Segal  May 8, 2020
Life in a Pandemic

What China’s Literary Community is Reading During the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Na Zhong  March 17, 2020
The Hub

Developers plan to turn the setting of Joyce’s “The Dead” into a 56-room hostel.

By Emily Temple  November 8, 2019
Summer reading

20 “Perfect Summer Books” for This and Every Year

By Emily Temple  June 17, 2019
Influences

The Biggest Influence on My Novel Is… McDonald’s?

By Ryan Chapman  May 21, 2019
End of Year Lists

Counting Down the Top Literary Stories of 2018: 30 to 21

By Literary Hub  December 12, 2018
Events

Michael Ondaatje’s Golden Man Booker Speech is Really Great

By Michael Ondaatje  July 12, 2018
Feature

Michael Ondaatje on the Books He Loves to Reread

By Michael Ondaatje  May 17, 2018
Feature

30 Books for Americans’ 10 Most-Visited Countries

By Emily Temple  March 5, 2018
Did you know?

Eat Like Your Favorite Author: Writers on their Signature Sandwiches

By Ian Seiter  September 1, 2017
Film

Is Watchmen Coming to TV?

By Emily Temple  June 23, 2017
What to Read

10 Great Works of New Orleans Lit to Read This Fat Tuesday

By Emily Temple  February 28, 2017
Conversations

Lauren Groff: The Books in My Life

By Literary Hub  September 15, 2016
Politics

On the Road to Cleveland: Trump Speaks to the Werewolf in Us

By Timothy Denevi  July 19, 2016
Reading Lists

Seven Great Novels Written By Poets

By Forrest Gander  November 20, 2015
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