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Ann Beattie! Mysterious Korean SF! Colin Channer! 26 books out in paperback this July.

Ann Beattie! Mysterious Korean SF! Colin Channer! 26 books out in paperback this July.

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 28, 2024

24 new books out today.

24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 18, 2023

The World Is Too Much With Us: Ann Beattie Close-Reads Frederick Barthelme’s “Box Step”

The World Is Too Much With Us: Ann Beattie Close-Reads Frederick Barthelme’s “Box Step”

On Undermining the “Status Quo of the Literary Weird.”

By Ann Beattie | June 15, 2023

More to Say: Ann Beattie on Her New Collection of Essays, Donald Barthelme, and the Chinese Spy Balloon"> <em

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Fiction/Non/Fiction">In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 2, 2023

Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

In Which Barthelme’s Story, “The Balloon,” Gets a Very Close Reading

By Ann Beattie | February 13, 2023

Jonathan Lethem on Discovering

Jonathan Lethem on Discovering "Worlds Within the World"

The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute">This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | October 4, 2022

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Fear Not. Have Fun: Ann Beattie on Lessons in Cooking and Life from James Haller

By Ann Beattie | September 7, 2022

Times letters to the editor.">The week's best book drama is happening in the Times letters to the editor.

By Jessie Gaynor | May 21, 2021

Carol Edgarian and Ann Beattie Talk Complex Characters and Literary Inspirations

By Ann Beattie | March 2, 2021

Ann Beattie: What to Eat When Your Book Tour Comes to an End

Ann Beattie: What to Eat When Your Book Tour Comes to an End

An Essential Guide, from Newt Soup to Armagnac

By Ann Beattie | May 22, 2019

A Wonderful Stroke of Luck

A Wonderful Stroke of Luck

Ann Beattie

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 4, 2019

Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2019

Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2019

What We're Looking Forward to, the First Half and Then Some

By Emily Temple | December 28, 2018

The Masters of Mining Adolescent Experience in Fiction

The Masters of Mining Adolescent Experience in Fiction

On W.G. Sebald, Siri Hustvedt, and Writing About Childhood

By Nicole Rivas | October 19, 2018

The Most Anthologized Short Stories of All Time

The Most Anthologized Short Stories of All Time

A (Mostly) Definitive List

By Emily Temple | July 6, 2017

Contemplating the Infinite with Annie Dillard

Contemplating the Infinite with Annie Dillard

"One of the most sensitive, listening intelligences ever to breathe American air"

By John Freeman | March 10, 2016

“The Fledgling”

“The Fledgling”

Ann Beattie

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 24, 2015