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25 books out in paperback this February!

25 books out in paperback this February!

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 30, 2025

Here are the literary adaptations to look out for at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Here are the literary adaptations to look out for at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

By Brittany Allen | May 17, 2024

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Remembering Russell Banks: Mary Morris on Her Long Friendship With the Author of <em

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American Spirits">Remembering Russell Banks: Mary Morris on Her Long Friendship With the Author of American Spirits

"I grew up with Russell—as a writer, as a teacher and thinker, and as a friend."

By Mary Morris | March 5, 2024

Keith Haring! Helen Oyeyemi! Xochitl Gonzalez! 25 new books out today.

Keith Haring! Helen Oyeyemi! Xochitl Gonzalez! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 5, 2024

In Memory of Russell Banks: Rick Moody on an Iconic Writer’s Life, Work and Legacy

In Memory of Russell Banks: Rick Moody on an Iconic Writer’s Life, Work and Legacy

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 19, 2023

Russell Banks on the Time He Fled Bread Loaf with Nelson Algren

Russell Banks on the Time He Fled Bread Loaf with Nelson Algren

Algren Got Fired, Banks Made a Friend

By Adam Colman | January 11, 2023

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15 new books to dive into this week.

By Katie Yee | November 8, 2022

What Makes Things Go Right or Wrong For Novelists in Hollywood?

By The Writers Institute | September 20, 2022

Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

By Mary Gaitskill | August 19, 2022

Russell Banks on the Transformative Magic of South Florida

Russell Banks on the Transformative Magic of South Florida

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

By The Literary Life | April 16, 2021

Foregone

Foregone

Russell Banks

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 1, 2021

Writers Against Trump: What Must Happen Next

Writers Against Trump: What Must Happen Next

The Literary Life Podcast">Russell Banks, Edwidge Danticat, Richard Blanco, and Fernand R. Amandi on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | November 13, 2020

WATCH: Kaitlyn Greenidge and Russell Banks on the Past and Present of Protest

WATCH: Kaitlyn Greenidge and Russell Banks on the Past and Present of Protest

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

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 25, 2020

Kaitlyn Greenidge and Russell Banks: On the Past and Present of Protest and White Backlash

Kaitlyn Greenidge and Russell Banks: On the Past and Present of Protest and White Backlash

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 13, 2020

Last Days Feeding Frenzy

Last Days Feeding Frenzy

Driving to the end of the world in a bright red Hummer

By Russell Banks | April 22, 2015