Somebody With a Little Hammer by Mary Gaitskill
Mary Gaitskill reads from her new essay collection, Somebody With a Little Hammer, published in April by Pantheon.
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The Other Side of Burning
In her new dystopian novel, The Book of Joan, Lidia Yuknavitch takes readers to a not-so-distant future, where the earth has been ravaged by war, a dictator has taken over, and humanity’s best hope for survival is a reimagined Joan of Arc.
The Heart-Work: Writing About Trauma as a Subversive Act
Writing about trauma is sometimes called “navel-gazing,” particularly for women writers. An essayist and memoirist confronts this stigma, and calls on writers to explore their personal traumas and truths.
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Women Authors on the Election, Volunteer Opportunities for Writers, and More
The importance of public libraries; director Pablo Larrain on his Pablo Neruda biopic; poet Lynn Melnick on activism and writing; and other news.
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World Literature Today Devotes Issue to Women, New Joan Didion Book, and More
Books to help understand Trump’s win; illustrations of bookstores around the world; contemporary Thai literature in translation; and other news.
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Poet Donald Hall on Solitude, Zadie Smith’s New Novel, and More
On posthumous poetry collections; two new books address attention in the digital world; Swedish Academy unable to reach Bob Dylan; and other news.
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The Needle’s Eye by Fanny Howe
Fanny Howe reads from her latest essay collection, The Needle’s Eye: Passing Through Youth, published in November by Graywolf Press.
Embryonic
Once upon a time in Uzbekistan there was a boy named Faroukh who had the...
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett reads from her first novel, The Mothers, published in October by Riverhead Books.
from The Mothers
In the darkness of the club, you could be alone with your grief. Her father had flung himself into Upper...
I’ll Tell You in Person by Chloe Caldwell
Chloe Caldwell reads an excerpt from “Hungry Ghost,” included in her new essay collection, I’ll Tell You in Person, published in October by Emily Books.
and then we became by devorah major
devorah major reads three poems from her new collection, and then we became, published in November by City Lights Publishers.
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