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The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Gustav Flaubert, Yiyun Li, Francesca Wade, and Others

By Diana Arterian | July 30, 2025

The Special Challenges of Attempting a New Translation of Kafka

The Special Challenges of Attempting a New Translation of Kafka

Mark Harman on Learning to Understand Both the Surfaces and “Subterranean Passages” of Kafka

By Mark Harman | May 28, 2024

Losing My Hearing Showed Me a New Way to Write About the Self

Losing My Hearing Showed Me a New Way to Write About the Self

John Cotter on the Difficulties of Capturing Silence

By John Cotter | April 11, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

A Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | October 20, 2022

Deforming Medium: A Reading List of Experimental Points of View

Deforming Medium: A Reading List of Experimental Points of View

Jonathan Dee Recommends Gustave Flaubert, Imbolo Mbue, William Maxwell, and More

By Jonathan Dee | September 13, 2022

All Things Are Possible: Mario Vargas Llosa on the Eternal Youth of Flaubert’s Writing

All Things Are Possible: Mario Vargas Llosa on the Eternal Youth of Flaubert’s Writing

"If we are to be honest, the true creator of the modern novel was Flaubert."

By Mario Vargas Llosa | August 29, 2022

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Lucy Sante on Writing with the Back Brain

By Lucy Sante | August 12, 2022

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure">In Which a Direct Line is Drawn From Flaubert’s Unfinished Novel to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

By Alex Lockwood | December 10, 2021

Ten Savage Insults From Literary Icons

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2021

"Too much exercise!" Read Flaubert's (very harsh) writing advice for Guy de Maupassant.

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2020

"Perhaps We're Being Dense." Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers

Some Kind, Some Weird, Some Unbelievably Harsh

By Emily Temple | June 19, 2019

10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

"Like the ghostwriter, the translator must slip on a second skin."

By Emily Temple | November 28, 2018

Which Books Do Famous Authors Read and Recommend Most?

Which Books Do Famous Authors Read and Recommend Most?

Or, How to Read Like Your Favorite Writers

By Emily Temple | June 26, 2018

How to Visit the Graves of 75 Famous Writers

How to Visit the Graves of 75 Famous Writers

From crypts to hillsides to the Schomburg Center

By Emily Temple | March 26, 2018

The Horse: Beloved Metaphor of Your Favorite 19th-Century Novelists

The Horse: Beloved Metaphor of Your Favorite 19th-Century Novelists

How One Animal Came to Symbolize Love and Broken Marriages

By Ulrich Raulff | February 12, 2018

How Important is the First Draft to Your Novel?

How Important is the First Draft to Your Novel?

Some People Revise, Some People Write

By Sandra Scofield | December 12, 2017

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