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Kate McKean has penned a primer on money matters in book contracts; James Hannaham is aggravated and inspired by the poetry of Fernando Pessoa; Amil Niazi studies how Sally Rooney renders the erotic; and other stories.
Marie-Helene Bertino shares notes on the art of writing the impossible; Gal Beckerman goes for a hike with novelist Anthony Doerr; Helen Shaw profiles novelist Ruth Ozeki for Vulture; and other stories.
Cathy Park Hong makes the TIME100 list; Erin Overbey reveals the overwhelming whiteness of the New Yorker’s editorial past and present; the longlist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature is here; and other stories.
Essayist Tressie McMillan Cottom is confounded by those who flout the reality of the pandemic; Joy Williams delivers typewritten responses for an interview; Texas Book Festival adjusts hybrid program due to the pandemic; and other stories.
“Human creativity is nature manifest in us.” In this TED Talk video, actor and author Ethan Hawke speaks about the importance of creativity, the necessity of taking leaps to express yourself, and how we turn to poetry for sustenance.
Rachel del Valle praises dictionaries; Ottessa Moshfegh writes about the artist she met on the eve of 9/11; Publishers Weekly staff share recollections of 9/11; and other stories.
Tarana Burke talks to the New York Times about her memoir; Paul McAdory questions the popularity of sincerity in gay fiction; Sarah Elaine Smith advises on how to cope with darkness in life and in fiction; and other stories.
Nancy Pearl will receive the 2021 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation; Kayleb Rae Candrilli writes about acts of creative recovery under capitalism; Nadia Hashimi recommends essential nonfiction about Afghanistan; and other stories.
Lauren Groff discusses the appeal of historical fiction; novelist Shruti Swamy interviews her mother; Ron Charles observes how different novelists reckoned with 9/11; and other stories.
Literature after 9/11; the book industry leans into the marketing potential of TikTok; Maggie Nelson on the psychic state of the world; and other stories.
