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More Than a Subplot: Five Novels That Explore and Center Female Friendship

More Than a Subplot: Five Novels That Explore and Center Female Friendship

Disha Bose Recommends Elena Ferrante, R.F. Kuang, Sally Rooney, and More

By Disha Bose | May 5, 2025

Babies, Wanted and Unwanted: Five Books That Explore Motherhood, Intention, and Desire

Babies, Wanted and Unwanted: Five Books That Explore Motherhood, Intention, and Desire

Uttama Kirit Patel Recommends Constance Debré, Julie Phillips, Anna Hogeland, and More

By Uttama Kirit Patel | April 10, 2025

Good For Her: On the Reductive Meta-Storylines About Women’s Writing

Good For Her: On the Reductive Meta-Storylines About Women’s Writing

Tara Yazdan Panah Considers Vanity and Allegory

By Tara Yazdan Panah | March 27, 2025

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante">A Small Press Book We Love: </brThe Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante">

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante">A Small Press Book We Love:
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

By Emily Firetog | March 12, 2025

Seven Novels That Explore Friendship In All Its Messy, Complex Beauty

Seven Novels That Explore Friendship In All Its Messy, Complex Beauty

Jeremy Gordon Recommends Yukio Mishima, Elena Ferrante, Daniel Clowes, and More

By Jeremy Gordon | March 6, 2025

Make 2025 the year you read more books in translation.

Make 2025 the year you read more books in translation.

By Brittany Allen | January 21, 2025

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

By Andrew Martin | December 20, 2024

Which authors could be behind the drones over New Jersey?

By James Folta | December 19, 2024

“A Word About a Word Addressed to a Word.” On Embracing the Fictiveness of Fiction

By Maureen Sun | September 5, 2024

Spammy political fundraising texts from fictional characters.

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By James Folta | September 4, 2024

The seven kinds of friendships you find in literature: a taxonomy.

The seven kinds of friendships you find in literature: a taxonomy.

By Brittany Allen | September 3, 2024

“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

Gina Frangello Considers Her Personal History in Relation to the Neapolitan Quartet

By Gina Frangello | June 6, 2024

Shadow Face: Jessica Moore on the Dissolving Margins of Motherhood

Shadow Face: Jessica Moore on the Dissolving Margins of Motherhood

“I was made dangerously permeable so my babies could be born.”

By Jessica Moore | December 7, 2023

“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

A Lit Mag Embraces Colorful Design and Literary Translation

By Mark Haber | November 21, 2023

Stories About Stories (About Stories): A Reading List of Meta-Narrators

Stories About Stories (About Stories): A Reading List of Meta-Narrators

Eskor David Johnson Recommends Mohsin Hamid, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Lemony Snicket, and More

By Eskor David Johnson | October 24, 2023

Two Friends, Two Dolls, One Shared Fear of the Uknown

Two Friends, Two Dolls, One Shared Fear of the Uknown

My Brilliant Friend">From the Illustrated Adaptation of Elena Ferrante's International Bestseller, My Brilliant Friend

By Chiara Lagani, Elena Ferrante, Mara Cerri and Ann Goldstein | October 12, 2023

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