Librarians of Timbuktu vs. Al-Qaida, the Lyric Essay’s Fictions, and More
Rigoberto González on the marginalization of Latino poets; celebrities and their “book selfies”; Pulitzers boost book sales; and other news.
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Writers on TIME’s Most Influential People List, Autofiction’s Predecessors, and More
Charlotte Brontë’s bicentenary; the poetry of Rosmarie Waldrop; Bret Easton Ellis on the Broadway version of his novel American Psycho; and other news.
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Adonis on the Poetry of War, George Saunders’s First Novel, and More
Fanny Howe’s poetry of resistance; Emily St. John Mandel reflects on her book tour; NEA grants $550,000 to Library of America; and other news.
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Conversations With This Year’s Pulitzer Winners, the Library Card’s Fate, and More
Romance-only bookstore; earliest manuscripts by women on display in new exhibit; a conversation with poet Li-Young Lee; and other news.
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Contemporary Poets to Read Now, Eileen Myles Inspires New Feminists, and More
Hilary Mantel’s writing day; an interview with National Book Award winner Ha Jin; U. of Illinois launches massive open online course in Modern American poetry; and other news.
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Return of Serial Novels, Judy Blume Opens Bookstore, and More
Transforming history through art; Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich on giving voices to the voiceless; Alice James Books launches app; and other news.
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Juan Felipe Herrera Named Poet Laureate for Second Term, Writing Apps, and More
Discoveries from reading for an audience; on the life and work of Dorothy Parker; Blanche Knopf’s hand in the publishing empire; and other news.
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This Is Your Brain on Fear: Trauma and Storytelling
How do we record traumatic events when our survival often depends on us not thinking at all? Fiction writer and essayist J. T. Bushnell explores this question through the lens of a house fire, combining ideas of memory, storytelling, and neuroscience to investigate the intersections of truth, trauma, and narrative.
The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Explore your parental relationships, gain unexpected access to somebody else’s data, and assess the qualities of a favorite celebrity—three prompts to ignite the creative process.
The Deepest Place: A Profile of Adam Haslett
In his brilliant and devastating new novel, Imagine Me Gone, Adam Haslett navigates an enormous darkness, allowing his readers to bear witness to the persistence of love in the face of mental illness.
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