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Dionne Brand on José Saramago’s Seeing

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 26, 2025

Double, Double: On the Unsettling Power of Doppelganger Stories

Double, Double: On the Unsettling Power of Doppelganger Stories

Padma Viswanathan Imagines Radically Different Paths Her Life Could Have Taken

By Padma Viswanathan | November 14, 2024

Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong

Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong

Tara Conklin Recommends Novels That Hinge on the Great Before/After

By Tara Conklin | March 29, 2023

Kafka Roaring With Laughter: Read the First Review of José Saramago's <em>Blindness</em>

Kafka Roaring With Laughter: Read the First Review of José Saramago's Blindness

A Classic Review of the Late Nobel Prize-Winner's Most Famous Novel

By Book Marks | November 16, 2021

This new production of <em>Blindness</em> is unlike any literary adaptation you've ever seen.

This new production of Blindness is unlike any literary adaptation you've ever seen.

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2021

25 Actually Pretty Happy Couples in Literature

25 Actually Pretty Happy Couples in Literature

Listen Guys, We Need This

By Literary Hub | February 12, 2021

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Take a tour of José Saramago's gorgeous Canary Island home.

By Emily Temple | November 16, 2020

Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.

By Emily Temple | November 11, 2020

What China's Literary Community is Reading During the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Na Zhong | March 17, 2020

Sales of plague-themed literature on the rise in Italy. Is America next?

Sales of plague-themed literature on the rise in Italy. Is America next?

By Jonny Diamond | March 4, 2020

All of Our Good—and All of Our Evil—Lies in Wait in the Archives

All of Our Good—and All of Our Evil—Lies in Wait in the Archives

Deep in the Files with Margaret Atwood, Adrienne Celt, Wilkie Collins, A.S. Byatt, and More

By Sara Sligar | November 7, 2019

Daniel Handler: Maybe I'll Start a Dive Bar Proust Club

Daniel Handler: Maybe I'll Start a Dive Bar Proust Club

The Author of All the Dirty Parts on the Books in His Life

By Daniel Handler | August 29, 2017

A Young Woman Called Death...

A Young Woman Called Death...

On Neil Gaiman, the Sandman Series, and the Way We Gender the Grim Reaper

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 1, 2016