Connecting the Dots: On Creating Fiction from Facts

Connecting the Dots: On Creating Fiction from Facts

Beth Kephart Considers the Craft of Bringing a Fiction Writer’s Eye to Real Lives

By Beth Kephart | September 10, 2025

Visionary Ways of Caring: Five Books That Capture the Expansiveness of Queer Love

Visionary Ways of Caring: Five Books That Capture the Expansiveness of Queer Love

Dylin Hardcastle Recommends Alana Portero, James Baldwin, Lars Horn, and More

By Dylin Hardcastle | June 16, 2025

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

From His Keynote Speech from the 2025 Whiting Awards Ceremony

By Ocean Vuong | June 4, 2025

"The Songs Prove That We Were Here": Ocean Vuong on Sufjan Stevens

The Author of "The Emperor of Gladness" Considers the Life Raft of Music

By Ocean Vuong | May 30, 2025

This week's book news, in Venn diagrams.

This week's book news, in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | May 16, 2025

Rebecca Solnit! Ocean Vuong! Axe murders! 27 new books out today.

Rebecca Solnit! Ocean Vuong! Axe murders! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 13, 2025

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Sweet (But Not Too Sweet): 6 Essential Literary Love Stories

By Jessica Soffer | February 5, 2025

Looking for what to watch this weekend? Try your favorite authors' favorite films.

By Brittany Allen | September 27, 2024

A new Ocean Vuong novel is coming next summer.

By James Folta | April 16, 2024

How to Design a Cover for the Emotional Center of a Novel

How to Design a Cover for the Emotional Center of a Novel

Math Monahan on creating the cover for The Lookback Window

By Math Monahan | August 15, 2023

26 new paperbacks on shelves this June!

26 new paperbacks on shelves this June!

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 31, 2023

Ocean Vuong on the Moral Questions of Fiction

Ocean Vuong on the Moral Questions of Fiction

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | May 23, 2023

Let famous authors do the reading for you in the Toni Morrison virtual marathon.

Let famous authors do the reading for you in the Toni Morrison virtual marathon.

By Janet Manley | February 22, 2023

“I Didn’t Ask to Be Here.” Or: How Do We Find Value in This Life?

“I Didn’t Ask to Be Here.” Or: How Do We Find Value in This Life?

Nick Riggle on Ocean Vuong and the Mysterious Beauty of Being Alive

By Nick Riggle | December 16, 2022

Back to School For Everyone: Hybrid Poetry with Ocean Vuong

Back to School For Everyone: Hybrid Poetry with Ocean Vuong

Its Tradition, Innovations, and Radical Possibilities

By Ocean Vuong | September 6, 2022

Endnotes on Inheritance: Marie-Helene Bertino, Ocean Vuong, and More Voices from <em>Thresholds</em>

Endnotes on Inheritance: Marie-Helene Bertino, Ocean Vuong, and More Voices from Thresholds

Hosted by Jordan Kisner and Drew Broussard

By Thresholds | June 23, 2022

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