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Writing Someone Else’s Autofiction... When They’re a Pop Star Turned Wedding Singer

Writing Someone Else’s Autofiction... When They’re a Pop Star Turned Wedding Singer

On the Unlikely Collaboration Between Novelist David Levithan and Musician Jens Lekman

By Katy Hershberger | August 26, 2025

How Writers Write Characters Who Are Writers Writing About Themselves; Or, But Is It Autofiction?

How Writers Write Characters Who Are Writers Writing About Themselves; Or, But Is It Autofiction?

Megan Cummins Explores the Porous Borders of Narrativizing Oneself on the Open Road

By Megan Cummins | August 5, 2025

Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda on Translating the Nuclear Novel “Wildcat Dome”

By Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda | March 18, 2025

Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | January 23, 2025

“We Need to Be Rigorous in Defending Our Experiences of Art.” Chris Knapp Talks to Andrew Martin

“We Need to Be Rigorous in Defending Our Experiences of Art.” Chris Knapp Talks to Andrew Martin

The Author of “States of Emergency” on Creating Realistic Relationships and the Idea of Universality

By Andrew Martin | December 20, 2024

All the times Sally Rooney was saner than Book Media.

All the times Sally Rooney was saner than Book Media.

By Brittany Allen | September 23, 2024

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How Much of This is True? On the Subtle Nuances of Memoir and Autofiction

How Much of This is True? On the Subtle Nuances of Memoir and Autofiction

“We are all unreliable narrators, recounting our stories through the filters of perception and memory.”

By Matt Young | June 18, 2024

Autopsies, Necrophiliacs, and Werewolf Pandemics: Puloma Ghosh on Translating Grief into Literary Horror

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Melissa Lozada-Oliva in Conversation with the Author of “Mouth”

By Melissa Lozada-Oliva | June 12, 2024

Autofiction Without the Auto: On Javier Cercas’ Outward-Looking, Self-Centered Fiction

Autofiction Without the Auto: On Javier Cercas’ Outward-Looking, Self-Centered Fiction

Bécquer Seguín Considers the Emergence of a New Type of Literature in Post-Franco Spain

By Bécquer Seguín | January 10, 2024

On Translating Michele Mari, an Italian Literary

On Translating Michele Mari, an Italian Literary "Living Legend"

Brian Robert Moore Reflects on Bringing You, Bleeding Childhood to an Anglophone Audience

By Brian Robert Moore | August 9, 2023

Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

DK Nnuro on the Power of Mimicry and Subversion in the Black Literary Tradition

By DK Nnuro | March 15, 2023

Streaming Autofiction: On Nathan Fielder’s Search for Authenticity in <em>The Rehearsal</em>

Streaming Autofiction: On Nathan Fielder’s Search for Authenticity in The Rehearsal

Yurina Yoshikawa Places the HBO Series in Context with Its Literary Predecessors

By Yurina Yoshikawa | September 9, 2022

When People Assume Your Fiction is About Your Life

When People Assume Your Fiction is About Your Life

Alejandro Varela on the Everlasting Struggle of Writers to Explain Otherwise

By Alejandro Varela | March 22, 2022

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