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Colm Toibin
Jessica Gross on Writing a New York Novel as an Ex-New Yorker
How to Get Back in a New York State of Mind
By
Jessica Gross
| August 8, 2025
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
25 books out in paperback this February!
By
Gabrielle Bellot
| January 30, 2025
Haruki Murakami! Sondheim!
Parks and Rec
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By
Gabrielle Bellot
| November 19, 2024
Colm Tóibín on James Baldwin’s Enduring, International Influence
Caoilinn Hughes in Conversation with the Author of “On James Baldwin”
By
Caoilinn Hughes
| August 2, 2024
Jeffrey Eugenides and Yiyun Li on Colm Tóibín
On the Occasion of His National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature
By
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| July 17, 2024
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Jeffrey Eugenides on Colm Tóibín, “The Kindest Person in the World”
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Jeffrey Eugenides
| July 17, 2024
Yiyun Li on the Master, Colm Tóibín
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Yiyun Li
| July 17, 2024
Colm Tóibín! Jamaica Kincaid plus Kara Walker! Lily Dancyger! 27 new books out today.
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Gabrielle Bellot
| May 7, 2024
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By
Gabrielle Bellot
| December 22, 2023
20 new paperbacks hitting shelves this April.
By
Gabrielle Bellot
| March 31, 2023
WATCH: Tom Crewe and Colm Tóibín on the Joyful History of Gay Life
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| January 18, 2023
The Annotated Nightstand: What Andrew Sean Greer is Reading Now and Next
A Series by Diana Arterian
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Diana Arterian
| September 22, 2022
20 new paperbacks hitting shelves this September.
By
Katie Yee
| September 1, 2022
Great Women Through the Ages: A Historical Fiction Reading List
Katherine J. Chen Recommends Hilary Mantel, Lauren Groff, Colm Tóibín and More
By
Katherine J. Chen
| July 6, 2022
Colm Tóibín has been named the new Irish Fiction Laureate.
By
Dan Sheehan
| January 24, 2022
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"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"