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Madeline Cash: Lost Lambs

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“I think that you kind of put everything into a first novel.” In this event hosted by the University of Notre Dame’s Creative Writing Program, Madeline Cash reads from her debut novel, Lost Lambs (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026), and talks about her range of influences, including artist Henry Darger and filmmaker Wes Anderson.

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New York Public Library: 2025 Fiction All-Stars

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In this New York Public Library event, Isaac Fitzgerald moderates a discussion with authors Angela Flournoy, Katie Kitamura, and Sebastian Castillo about their novels published in 2025, the current state of literary fiction, and what challenges them to write the next book.

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Mark Z. Danielewski: Tom’s Crossing

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“I’ve been working only as a novelist for twenty-five years, and the summation of what I’m capable of is here.” In this Politics and Prose event, Mark Z. Danielewski reads from his latest novel, Tom’s Crossing (Pantheon, 2025), and talks about how he felt possessed by the voice of the story and how he balances writing with a day job.

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Trailer: The Thing With Feathers

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Watch the trailer for The Thing With Feathers directed by Dylan Southern and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. A film adaptation of the novel Grief Is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (Graywolf Press, 2016), the film follows a grieving widow who is greeted by an unwanted house guest while struggling to raise two young sons.

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Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo: The Tiny Things Are Heavier

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In this Politics and Prose event, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo reads from her debut novel, The Tiny Things Are Heavier (Bloomsbury, 2025), and talks about how writing a coming-of-age story helped her understand her own experiences in migrating to the United States from Nigeria in a conversation with Gbenga Adesina.

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Oprah’s Book Club: Megha Majumdar

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In this CBS Mornings segment with cohost Gayle King, Oprah Winfrey announces her latest book club pick, A Guardian and a Thief (Knopf, 2025), and speaks with author Megha Majumbar about the themes of her novel and how becoming a parent changed how she viewed her characters. Read Majumbar’s installment of our Ten Questions series.

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