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Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Benjamin Hale Remembers His Literary Mentor

By Benjamin Hale | June 23, 2025

Evan S. Connell at 100: Ever the Elusive, Surprising, and Singular Conjurer

Evan S. Connell at 100: Ever the Elusive, Surprising, and Singular Conjurer

Steve Paul Remembers a Quiet Giant of American Literature

By Steve Paul | August 16, 2024

The Gaps Filled by Fiction: On Victoria Amelina’s <em>Dom’s Dream Kingdom</em>

The Gaps Filled by Fiction: On Victoria Amelina’s Dom’s Dream Kingdom

Héctor Abad Remembers a Rising Star of Ukrainian Literature Killed by Putin’s War

By Héctor Abad | June 24, 2024

The Literary Outsider: How Barbara Comyns Wrote Her Way to <em>The Juniper Tree</em>

The Literary Outsider: How Barbara Comyns Wrote Her Way to The Juniper Tree

Sarah McClung on the Author’s Lifelong Creative Development

By Sarah McClung | April 15, 2024

Remembering Russell Banks: Mary Morris on Her Long Friendship With the Author of <em>American Spirits</em>

Remembering Russell Banks: Mary Morris on Her Long Friendship With the Author of American Spirits

"I grew up with Russell—as a writer, as a teacher and thinker, and as a friend."

By Mary Morris | March 5, 2024

Writing Ugly: Kirsty Gunn on Novelist Rosalind Belben’s Unappealing Appeal

Writing Ugly: Kirsty Gunn on Novelist Rosalind Belben’s Unappealing Appeal

“This writer wants to show us that the ugly side of life is life’s necessary hemisphere.”

By Kirsty Gunn | February 5, 2024

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Art Imitates Life: On the Making of Larry McMurtry, The Writer

By Tracy Daugherty | September 18, 2023

Here comes a novelist noir starring Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy.

By Janet Manley | June 9, 2023

How the Essay and the Novel Inform and Influence Each Other

By Jane Smiley | June 6, 2023

Here is the Granta 2023 Best of British Novelists list.

Here is the Granta 2023 Best of British Novelists list.

By Janet Manley | April 13, 2023

Novelist Juliette Fay Explains Why Regret is Such Fertile Territory for Fiction Writers

Novelist Juliette Fay Explains Why Regret is Such Fertile Territory for Fiction Writers

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 11, 2023

What It Feels Like to Publish Your Novel After 30 Years

What It Feels Like to Publish Your Novel After 30 Years

Melissa Coss Aquino on Being an Older Debut Novelist

By Melissa Coss Aquino | April 6, 2023

How did reactionary French novelist Michel Houellebecq end up in a Dutch arthouse porn?

How did reactionary French novelist Michel Houellebecq end up in a Dutch arthouse porn?

By Jonny Diamond | March 29, 2023

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Why Female Novelists Should Plunder the Voices of Men in Their Work

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Why Female Novelists Should Plunder the Voices of Men in Their Work

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 21, 2023

Jean Hanff Korelitz on Philip Roth, <em>The Human Stain</em>, and a Novelist’s Right to Tell Other People’s Stories

Jean Hanff Korelitz on Philip Roth, The Human Stain, and a Novelist’s Right to Tell Other People’s Stories

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 13, 2023

The Coming-of-Age Tale As Societal Critique: Sylvia Plath’s <em>The Bell Jar</em> at 60

The Coming-of-Age Tale As Societal Critique: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar at 60

Heather Clark on One of the Defining Novels of the 20th Century

By Heather Clark | February 9, 2023

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