Raven Leilani

Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

Jonathan Parks-Ramage Explores Brilliantly Bad Fetes in Books by Edward St. Aubyn, Raven Leilani, Deborah Eisenberg, and Others

 
By Jonathan Parks-Ramage  June 10, 2025
Coming of Age

Five Novels About Coming of Age When You’re Old Enough to Know Better

By Emily Everett  April 18, 2025
Sex

How to Write a Good Sex Scene

By Emily Temple  February 11, 2025
Writers in Conversation

“We Need to Be Rigorous in Defending Our Experiences of Art.” Chris Knapp Talks to Andrew Martin

By Andrew Martin  December 20, 2024
The Hub

What’s the deal with Book Girl Summer?

By Brittany Allen  June 21, 2024
Sex Scenes

You’ll Need More Than That Reverse Cowgirl: The Craft of Writing (Actually) Good Sex Scenes

By Yael van der Wouden  May 28, 2024
The Hub

7 great love stories for cynics.

By Emily Temple  February 12, 2024
Reading List

Amanda Montei on Seven Novels That Explore Consent and Coercion

By Amanda Montei  October 9, 2023
Sex

The New Sex Writing: In Praise of the “Idiotic Erotic”

By Tamara Faith Berger  July 26, 2023
Books

Publishing On and Off the Page: A Reading List of Books About Book People

By Jane L. Rosen  May 26, 2023
Heroines

The Books We Need Now: A Reading List of Heroines Who Are Hot Messes

By Justine Sullivan  March 24, 2023
The Hub

Good books for bad moods.

By Emily Temple  August 8, 2022
Summer reading

Our 15 Favorite Summery Novels for Summer Reading

By Emily Temple  June 14, 2022
Reading Lists

No Tense Like the Present: Novels That Embrace the Immediate

By Anna Dorn  June 8, 2022
Love

From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

By Lillian Fishman  May 25, 2022
Chronic Illness

Taking the “Ick” Out of “Sick Lit.” A Reading List

By Lillie Lainoff  April 29, 2022
On Racism

How the Book Industry Turns Its Own Racism into a Marketable Product

By Tajja Isen  April 20, 2022
Reading Lists

Finance Books for People Who Hate Finance: A Reading List

By Mary Childs  March 15, 2022
Music

The Power of Music in Fiction: A Reading List

By Emme Lund  February 18, 2022
The Hub

Tessa Thompson is bringing Raven Leilani’s Luster to HBO.

By Dan Sheehan  October 25, 2021
Literary Criticism

You Want Voice? It’s Everywhere in Contemporary Fiction

By Katie Yee  September 16, 2021
The Virtual Book Channel

WATCH: Katie Kitamura in Conversation with Raven Leilani

By The Virtual Book Channel  August 5, 2021
Creativity

Shaping Hunger Into Practice: On the Creative Relationship Between Writers and Visual Artists

By Sally Cabot Gunning  July 29, 2021
Reading Lists

How Black Writers Capture the Comedy and Dark Absurdity of Life in America

By Keenan Norris  June 22, 2021
The Virtual Book Channel

WATCH: Raven Leilani in Conversation with Pandora Sykes at the Hay Festival

By The Virtual Book Channel  June 7, 2021
The Hub

Raven Leilani has won the Dylan Thomas Prize.

By Walker Caplan  May 14, 2021
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