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Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta on the Suburban Novel
From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner
By
Memoir Nation
| March 3, 2025
The Author of
Election
on the Election: Tom Perrotta Talks Tracy Flick’s Return and the Midterms
In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on
Fiction/Non/Fiction
By
Fiction Non Fiction
| November 3, 2022
Tracy Flick Can't Win
by Tom Perrotta, Read by a Full Cast
Revisit
Election
with Tracy Flick
By
Behind the Mic
| July 13, 2022
Revisiting Tracy Flick 30 Years Later: Tom Perrotta Talks to Emma Straub
“Why can’t I just move on?”
By
Literary Hub
| June 28, 2022
The Ultimate Summer 2022 Reading List
Math + Books = ???
By
Emily Temple
| June 17, 2022
Tom Perrotta on How to Keep a Story’s Momentum Going
And the Beauty of a Clear Time Frame
By
Tom Perrotta
| June 10, 2022
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Books of the Week
Take a break and check out these 21 new books.
By
Katie Yee
| June 7, 2022
The 10 Best Literary TV Adaptations
of the Decade
By
Emily Temple
| December 10, 2019
The 50 Greatest Literary TV Adaptations Ever, Ranked
By
Emily Temple
| February 27, 2019
Should You Write What You Know? 31 Authors Weigh In
From Toni Morrison to William T. Vollman, an Age-Old Question Answered
By
Emily Temple
| February 7, 2018
Speaking with Novelist-Screenwriters Tom Perrotta and Noah Hawley
On
Mrs. Fletcher
,
The Leftovers
, Collaboration, and More
By
Literary Hub
| August 9, 2017
5 Books Making News This Week: Erotic Adventures and the End of the World
Tom Perotta, David Williams, Victoria Redel, and More
By
Jane Ciabattari
| August 8, 2017
Emma Straub on the Power of the Indie Bookstore
"You wouldn't swap your cat for a robot"
By
Emily Temple
| April 27, 2017
Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure
On Accuracy and Authenticity in Art
By
Jonathan Russell Clark
| March 24, 2016
7 Novels That Explore Motherhood's Complexities
November 4, 2025
by
Donna Freitas
To Break Up with Friends, or to Murder Them: 5 Novels Featuring Fatal Friendship Failings
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by
Jenna Satterthwaite
The Trauma Behind the "Good Old Days": Christina Henry on the Dark Trap of Nostalgia in Fiction
November 4, 2025
by
Christina Henry
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"