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On the Complexities of Motherhood: A Reading List

On the Complexities of Motherhood: A Reading List

Avni Doshi Recommends Jhumpa Lahiri, Rachel Cusk, and More

By Avni Doshi | February 4, 2021

Rooms of Their Own: Where Some of the Best Women Writers Created Art

Rooms of Their Own: Where Some of the Best Women Writers Created Art

Lauren Marino on the Spaces of Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, and Others

By Lauren Marino | February 4, 2021

Ayad Akhtar on the Hollowness of American Exceptionalism

Ayad Akhtar on the Hollowness of American Exceptionalism

The Quarantine Tapes">In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 3, 2021

What Fiction Can Teach Journalists: A Reading List From Maurice Chammah

What Fiction Can Teach Journalists: A Reading List From Maurice Chammah

Using Literary Techniques to Write True—and Urgent—Stories

By Maurice Chammah | January 29, 2021

‘Why are you making up a story?’ Édouard Louis on the Ghosts at His Writing Table

‘Why are you making up a story?’ Édouard Louis on the Ghosts at His Writing Table

How to Proceed">In Conversation with Nadifa Mohamed on How to Proceed

By How to Proceed | January 29, 2021

Here's 33 writers on why they write.

Here's 33 writers on why they write.

By Walker Caplan | January 6, 2021

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The Book of Firsts">Rewriting the American Canon with The Book of Firsts

By History of Literature | December 21, 2020

The Inertia of Whiteness in the World of Postwar Publishing

By Richard Jean So | December 15, 2020

Deesha Philyaw on Writing About Dissatisfied Women

By The Literary Life | November 30, 2020

Companion Reading for This Truly Fraught Holiday Season

Companion Reading for This Truly Fraught Holiday Season

Simon Han Recommends Eight Books Where Things Don't Go That Well

By Simon Han | November 18, 2020

A 'How to Write' Craft Syllabus From Non-White, Non-Cis Writers

A 'How to Write' Craft Syllabus From Non-White, Non-Cis Writers

Alex Lockwood Recommends Samuel Delany, Toni Morrison, Alexander Chee, and More

By Alex Lockwood | November 18, 2020

Deesha Philyaw: Publishing Is Not What You Want Driving Your Self-Worth

Deesha Philyaw: Publishing Is Not What You Want Driving Your Self-Worth

WMFA Podcast">In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | November 4, 2020

Passing">On Female Friendship and Transgression in Nella Larsen's <emPassing">

Passing">On Female Friendship and Transgression in Nella Larsen's Passing

Lit Century Podcast">Kaitlyn Greenidge Joins Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | November 3, 2020

Literary Disco: Comfort Reads for Election Week (Farewell to Dystopia?)"><emLiterary Disco: Comfort Reads for Election Week (Farewell to Dystopia?)">

Literary Disco: Comfort Reads for Election Week (Farewell to Dystopia?)">Literary Disco: Comfort Reads for Election Week (Farewell to Dystopia?)

Julia, Rider, and Tod on the Books Getting Them Through Right Now

By Literary Disco | November 3, 2020

Toni Morrison's gorgeous, book-lined Manhattan loft is up for sale.

Toni Morrison's gorgeous, book-lined Manhattan loft is up for sale.

By Corinne Segal | October 20, 2020

Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

"He is a myth-maker, but also a dream restorer."

By Marlon James | October 20, 2020

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