08.12.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 08.12.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Ottessa Moshfegh: Where I Write Behind the Birds of Paradise and bougainvillea a writer sits in bed... writing.
08.12.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 08.12.2022 by Aaron Hicklin A Little Sun, a Little Rain Tango, poetry, and endless cups of coffee. Finding moments of reprieve in a city at war.
08.03.2022 by Jonathan Moore 08.03.2022 by Jonathan Moore Ukraine Jonathan Moore spent months in Ukraine earlier this year documenting life before and after the Russian invasion. These images capture his remarkable journey.
07.22.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 07.22.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Janet Malcolm on being a “tough, not-nice woman.” In this 2004 interview, Janet Malcom shared a valuable insight into her interviewing technique: let the subject break the silence.
02.28.2022 by Shefa Siegel 02.28.2022 by Shefa Siegel The Vital Touch What can D.H.Lawrence’s classic-but-forgotten Sea & Sardinia teach us about writing across cultures today?
02.14.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 02.14.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Where I Wrote… Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, describes his Brooklyn writing space.
02.06.2022 by Dan Saladino 02.06.2022 by Dan Saladino What a tiny pea tells us about African American history A red cowpea, carried to the U.S. in slave ships has survived in Geechee culture largely thanks to the work of one woman.
01.02.2022 by Elisa Gabbert 01.02.2022 by Elisa Gabbert The Leap Why writing poetry is very good training for writing surprise.
11.13.2021 by Aaron Hicklin 11.13.2021 by Aaron Hicklin The Sitwell Inheritance A newly-surface cache of ephemera shines a light on a literary trio that fascinated 1920s Britain.
10.19.2021 by Aaron Hicklin 10.19.2021 by Aaron Hicklin Luring Them In: Remembering the Queer Novel That Broke Barriers Between Gay & Straight Readers Felice Picano’s The Lure was an exercise in genre fiction and the first queer novel to make the popular Book of the Month Club.
