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Which famous authors might go to space? (A chart.)

Which famous authors might go to space? (A chart.)

By James Folta | April 18, 2025

More than Cosplaying the Past: Andrea Barrett on Learning to Write Fresh Historical Fiction

More than Cosplaying the Past: Andrea Barrett on Learning to Write Fresh Historical Fiction

The Author of “Dust and Light” Shares Her Formative Influences for Using Fact in Fiction

By Andrea Barrett | February 26, 2025

What to read next, based on the texts you’re sending about the Olympics.

What to read next, based on the texts you’re sending about the Olympics.

By James Folta | August 1, 2024

Going to “Girl Church.” 5 Books that Explore Female Friendship and Adolescence

Going to “Girl Church.” 5 Books that Explore Female Friendship and Adolescence

Maggie Nye Recommends Mónica Ojeda, Megan Abbott, Dizz Tate, and More

By Maggie Nye | June 17, 2024

6 Difficult Women Who Live on in Fiction

6 Difficult Women Who Live on in Fiction

Elizabeth Fremantle Rescues Misfits and Disruptors from the Wastebin of History

By Elizabeth Fremantle | August 10, 2023

That Which Calls Us: On Writing About God's Word

That Which Calls Us: On Writing About God's Word

Z.L. Nickels Considers the Work of Eliot Weinberger, Claire Luchette, Lauren Groff, and Kirstin Valdez Quade

By Z.L. Nickels | January 12, 2023

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Lauren Groff has won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

By Emily Firetog | April 20, 2022

“Nobody’s Free Until Everbody’s Free.” Keisha N. Blain on Lou Hamer’s Work and Life

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 1, 2021

Matrix by Lauren Groff, Read by Adjoa Andoh">Matrix by Lauren Groff, Read by Adjoa Andoh

By Behind the Mic | November 1, 2021

Lauren Groff on Maintaining the “Electric Jolt” of an Idea While Writing

Lauren Groff on Maintaining the “Electric Jolt” of an Idea While Writing

First Draft Podcast">In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 25, 2021

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Lauren Groff on Exploring the Many Meanings of <em

Matrix in Her New Novel">

Matrix in Her New Novel">Lauren Groff on Exploring the Many Meanings of Matrix in Her New Novel

The Literary Life Podcast">In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | October 15, 2021

Lauren Groff on the Complexities of Faith in Her New Book

Lauren Groff on the Complexities of Faith in Her New Book

Reading Women Podcast">This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 29, 2021

Lauren Groff on Growing Up in What Felt Like the Middle of Nowhere

Lauren Groff on Growing Up in What Felt Like the Middle of Nowhere

Matrix Looks Back to Her Central New York Childhood">The Author of Matrix Looks Back to Her Central New York Childhood

By Lauren Groff | September 28, 2021

Lauren Groff on Blending Research and Imagination in Historical Fiction

Lauren Groff on Blending Research and Imagination in Historical Fiction

Matrix">Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Matrix

By Jane Ciabattari | September 22, 2021

Lauren Groff Knows You’re Getting Her Book Title Wrong

Lauren Groff Knows You’re Getting Her Book Title Wrong

The Maris Review Podcast">In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 16, 2021

Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

“Writing is spooky. You’re colonizing another’s brain for as long as it takes for them to read your work.”

By Rebecca Makkai | September 8, 2021