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Daniel Mendelsohn struggles through six volumes of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle; Ben Fountain finds humor in the absurdity of politics; man at the center of Nobel Prize scandal is convicted; and other news.
A new low-residency MFA program makes diversity its mission.
Using elements of craft to tell powerful stories about sexual assault and trauma, with examples from work by Roxane Gay, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Megan Stielstra, and others.
A guide to 158 full-residency and 64 low-residency programs in creative writing, plus questions to consider before you apply.
A roundup of new anthologies, including American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time, edited by Tracy K. Smith.
Jennifer Baker on her new anthology, Everyday People: The Color of Life, published by Atria in August.
An agent answers questions on referrals, pitching a self-published book, and what to do if you’re dropped by an agency.
For an editor like Caroline Bleeke of Flatiron Books, there is a lot more to the job than simply reading and editing manuscripts.
In this continuing series, a book reviewer discusses the art of literary criticism—from the value of negative reviews to critics he admires.
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart and Perennial by Kelly Forsythe.
