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14 Books to Read This March
Keggie Carew, Dadland (Grove Atlantic) Keggie Carew’s Dadland is a rare amalgam: It’s a memoir of the days her father Tom Carew spent as one of the dashing, daring “Jedburghs” during World War II and...
View ArticlePaul La Farge and Ed Park: In Praise of the Old School Cold Take
Paul La Farge’s new novel, The Night Ocean, is inspired by an episode in the life of the great horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. His editor at Penguin Press, Ed Park, has long been familiar with La Farge’s...
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Secrets of the Designers: On Creating the Look for a Literary Journal
John Freeman: I’ve worked with you before on a brand (Granta) which was already well established. I’m curious how this differs, basically creating a visual identity from scratch. Michael Salu: It was...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Blackacre and White Rage
In the 30 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 16 announcement of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award winners, NBCC board members review the 30 finalists. Today, read Tess Taylor on...
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30 Books in 30 Days: The Lonely City and Am I Alone Here?
In the 30 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 16 announcement of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award winners, NBCC board members review the 30 finalists. Today, read Michele Filgate...
View ArticleRoxane Gay, Aimee Bender, and More on Assault and Harassment in the Literary...
“It seems radical resistance may be as simple as noticing the truth.” BONNIE NADZAM: In the past few weeks since Tin House published my essay “Experts in the Field,” I have received so many messages...
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Ask the Publicists: What’s the Difference Between Marketing and Publicity?
I’ve never understood what the difference is between marketing and publicity. What is it? What’s interesting about this question, and why it’s confusing, is that most everyone has a different response....
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Writers Respond to Defunding the NEA and NEH
Last week, Donald Trump announced his budget proposal, which includes the defunding of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanties (recipients of approximately...
View ArticleDeborah Crombie: Middle Earth Over Thomas Hardy, Any Day
From time to time, we’ll be asking your favorite crime writers (and ours) about the books in their lives. Up first is Deborah Crombie—her latest, Garden of Lamentations, is available now from William...
View ArticleGeoff Dyer on Obsession vs. Addiction, and the Unpredictability of Life
In this wonderful conversation from the podcast vault, Geoff Dyer and Paul Holdengraber travel back to a time before President Trump (summer 2016) to talk art, writing, Kerouac, and more. Geoff Dyer on...
View ArticleDo Dogs Have Souls? And Other Questions from Jim Harrison
The following originally appeared at Brick as “Don’t Go Out Over Your Head” and appears in the collection A Really Big Lunch, available from Grove Atlantic. Of late I’ve determined that I am largely...
View ArticleThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The following is an excerpt from Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad, a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. The first time Caesar approached Cora about running north, she said no....
View ArticleDark Money by Jane Mayer
The follow is an excerpt from Jane Mayer’s Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. On January 20,...
View ArticleKnown and Strange Things by Teju Cole
The following is an excerpt from Teju Cole’s essay collection Known and Strange Things, a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. A Piece of the Wall I hear the sound of faint bells in the...
View ArticleThe Return by Hisham Matar
The following is an excerpt from Hisham Matar’s memoir The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. 6. Poems The country that separates...
View ArticleOlio by Tyehimba Jess
The following is an excerpt from Tyehimba Jess’s collection Olio, a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Works Progress Administration Field Interview Text of Interview (unedited) Name of...
View ArticleGreg Iles: In Praise of Larry McMurtry (Postmodernists, Not So Much)
Gre Iles most recent book, Mississippi Blood, concludes his Natchez Burning trilogy. What was the first book you fell in love with? Arty the Smarty by Faith McNulty. I was three or four years old when...
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Indies Recommend: Skylight Books
As the nation’s only non-profit distributor, Small Press Distribution is dedicated to getting small press literature to the people who want to read it. As such, we’re grateful to our main...
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13 New Poetry Collections to Read During National Poetry Month
From spoken word to written verse to hip hop, the diversity of voices coming through modern poetry can serve as a beacon of light in difficult times. National Poetry Month is always a great excuse to...
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