Life is filled with stranger-than-fiction moments. But how do you write a book based on a true story? How do you take those fantastical events…
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Staff Picks: Witches, Glitches, and Governesses
Anne Serre. Photo: ©Sophie Bassouls/Leemage and New Directions Publishing. Anne Serre’s The Governesses (translated from the French by Mark Hutchinson) is like someone else’s feverish…
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On Immolation
In her column “Detroit Archives,” Aisha Sabatini Sloan explores her family history through iconic landmarks in Detroit. Part of the Heidelberg Project in Detroit, Michigan…
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Staff Picks: Brownstones, Ballpoint, and Belonging
Arundhati Roy. Photo: © Mayank Austen Soofi. Haymarket Books will release Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction., a slim new collection of essays by Arundhati Roy, this…
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Quarantine Reads: The U.S.A. Trilogy
Our flat in London has five windows and two skylights. Like most renters in this city, we have no yard, no balcony, no fire escape.…
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Quarantine Reads: The Anatomy of Melancholy
In this series, writers present the books they’re finally making time for. Melancholy is a condition unsuited to a pandemic. Like ennui, it is an…
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The Magic of Atmosphere: Literary Definition and Genre Examples
Atmosphere matters. People will pay a premium to eat at a restaurant with a certain ambience or buy a house in a setting that supports…
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Poets on Couches: Lynn Melnick
In this series of videograms, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times—broadcasting straight from their couches to yours.…
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Staff Picks: Puddings, Pastels, and Plano
Still from Autumn de Wilde’s Emma. The coronavirus has thrown a wrench into Aries season, but plans for my March birthday remained unchanged. I watched…
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Make Money from Again
It began with a simple longing, born in the humid 105 degree Austin summer: I just want to wear clothes that do not touch my…
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