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Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

The Author of “The Island of Last Things” Visits Alcatraz and Offers an Antidote to Doomerism

By Emma Sloley | August 14, 2025

Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of <em>A Room of One’s Own</em>

Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of A Room of One’s Own

From a New Introduction to Virginia Woolf's Classic, Oft-Misunderstood Essay

By Lauren Groff | January 7, 2025

Coffee, Booze, Undressing, Deprivation: How Writers Get in the Mood to Write

Coffee, Booze, Undressing, Deprivation: How Writers Get in the Mood to Write

Caitlin Shetterly on Some Famous Attempts to Beat Writers' Block and What Finally Worked for Her

By Caitlin Shetterly | June 24, 2024

Mother's Day gifts for literary moms.

Mother's Day gifts for literary moms.

By Literary Hub | May 9, 2023

Moms are superheroes? Yes, here's 11 books to prove it.

Moms are superheroes? Yes, here's 11 books to prove it.

By Janet Manley | March 13, 2023

Bud Smith on the Quintessential “Road Trip” Novel

Bud Smith on the Quintessential “Road Trip” Novel

The Author of Teenager Recommends Tove Jansson, Tim O'Brien, and More

By Bud Smith | May 10, 2022

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"The flap of a wave; the kiss of a wave." 8 of the best uses of water in Virginia Woolf's novels.

By Snigdha Koirala | January 25, 2022

Watch a music video inspired by To the Lighthouse.

By Emily Temple | May 5, 2021

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | December 8, 2020

The Artist and The Audience: Writing About the Complexity of Creating Art

The Artist and The Audience: Writing About the Complexity of Creating Art

From Teju Cole to Anne Carson, Scott O’Connor Recommends Five Books That Go Deep on the Creative Process

By Scott O’Connor | November 2, 2020

There is a Made-for-TV Movie Version of <em>To the Lighthouse</em> and It’s Actually Not That Bad

There is a Made-for-TV Movie Version of To the Lighthouse and It’s Actually Not That Bad

It's From the 80s and Stars a Baby Kenneth Branagh . . .
You're Welcome

By Emily Temple | May 6, 2020

Virginia Woolf's Mother Haunts <br>Much of Her Writing

Virginia Woolf's Mother Haunts
Much of Her Writing

Gillian Gill on Julia Stephen's Multilayered
Relationship with Her Daughter

By Gillian Gill | December 12, 2019

Don't lose your mind, but next year's Met Gala theme is (basically) Virginia Woolf.

Don't lose your mind, but next year's Met Gala theme is (basically) Virginia Woolf.

By Emily Temple | November 7, 2019

Ocean Vuong: The 10 Books<br> I Needed to Write My Novel

Ocean Vuong: The 10 Books
I Needed to Write My Novel

On Herman Melville, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, James Baldwin, lê thị diễm thúy, and More

By Ocean Vuong | October 1, 2019

One Another: An Essay About Sex, Reading, and Mary Ruefle

One Another: An Essay About Sex, Reading, and Mary Ruefle

Gunnhild Øyehaug: "That year of reading was a year of transformation."

By Gunnhild Øyehaug | August 6, 2019

How the Alphabet Helped Virginia Woolf Understand<br> Her Father

How the Alphabet Helped Virginia Woolf Understand
Her Father

On the Poetry of a Precocious Nine-Year-Old

By Jacquelyn Ardam | June 26, 2019

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