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Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas on Fiction Outliers

Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas on Fiction Outliers

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 19, 2024

Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

A “Soulful Half-Comic Songbook” of Fiction

By Joy Williams | July 16, 2024

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Sarah Perry, Joseph O’Neill, Rachel Cusk, and More

By Book Marks | June 28, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It offers something darker, colder, more fraught, and ultimately, singular and transcendent.”

By Book Marks | June 27, 2024

In Defense of Being a Slow Novel Writer

In Defense of Being a Slow Novel Writer

Peyton Marshall on Overcoming the Shame of Taking Time to Write and Revise Her Debut, “Goodhouse”

By Peyton Marshall | June 5, 2024

May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Claire Messud, Colm Tóibín, Miranda July, and More

By Book Marks | May 31, 2024

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Busting Genre, in Style: Geoff Dyer on the Joy of Writing “Unpublishable” Books

By George Makari | April 11, 2024

March’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | March 29, 2024

Author as Illusionist: William Maxwell on Literary Magic and Refusing to Give Up as a Writer

By William Maxwell | January 26, 2024

Why Nonfiction Writers Should Try Writing Fiction (and Vice Versa)

Why Nonfiction Writers Should Try Writing Fiction (and Vice Versa)

Abbott Kahler on How Real Life Informs Fiction

By Abbott Kahler | January 17, 2024

The Shadow Self of Domestic Stories: A Reading List of Novels Set in Hotels

The Shadow Self of Domestic Stories: A Reading List of Novels Set in Hotels

Maria Hummel Recommends Karen Tei Yamashita, Cristina García, Bohumil Hrabal, and More

By Maria Hummel | January 10, 2024

Horror, Then Healing: Kyle Dillon Hertz on the Power of Facing Trauma in Writing

Horror, Then Healing: Kyle Dillon Hertz on the Power of Facing Trauma in Writing

Finding Liberation Through Literary Depictions of Harm

By Kyle Dillon Hertz | January 3, 2024

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2023

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2023

Featuring Anne Enright, Lorrie Moore, Zadie Smith, Anne Patchett, Colson Whitehead, and More

By Book Marks | December 10, 2023

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

“Once I wanted poetry to save me. From what? For what is the better question.”

By Christian Wiman | December 5, 2023

How Nora Fussner Turned a Reality TV Job Into a Novel

How Nora Fussner Turned a Reality TV Job Into a Novel

The Author of The Invisible World on Her Life as a Logger

By Nora Fussner | September 26, 2023

Here’s the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction.

Here’s the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction.

By Literary Hub | September 15, 2023

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