A few summers ago, when the Supreme Court was deciding whether abortion would remain legal, I was writing a novel about Bobby Kennedy. Article continues after ad During the day, I was a twenty-first century woman whose body was endlessly, furiously debated by politicians and regulated by the state and there was very little I
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is suspended in the air above the traffic and trees of Avenida Paulista. The photographs inside attract attention with some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space – a collection that faces organically, like a terracotta
The best of literary internet Today: In 1901, Polish poet, novelist and playwright Bruno JassynSkis are born. Henry Power resolved an old question: how many Homers were there really? | Lit Hub History “The odyssey It is as relevant as ever. And I, for one thing, can’t wait for the next rendition of this story.
On July 6, two days before its publication Report on the cultural boycott of IsraelPEN America made a subtle but important change in its position on the boycott. The organization developed language opposing the academic boycott of Israel nearly twenty years ago, making PEN America the only PEN chapter to have a policy opposing a
Maya C. Popa is the poetry review editor at Publishers Weekly and author of If You Love That Woman: Poems, A collection of poems inspired by nineteenth-century courtship letters is published this week from WW Norton. Below, she discusses why we can’t get enough of epistolary courtship. I fell in love with Sally McDowell and
Oh, Bret Easton Ellis. You are an old lightning rod. Gen literary brat pack And the portrayal of corrupt superficial youth is shifting his talents to television. And with whose help? Our favorite Chaos agent, Ryan Murphy. The Shards is a haute drama slasher series based on Alice 2023 novel. set against The vivid backdrop
In conversation with Merv Emre on The Critic and Her Publics Welcome to season four of The Critic and Her Publics: The Art of the Interview. This season, host Merv Emre talks to professional interviewers of all types about how they get the answer they’re looking for, what makes a good question, how do you
In conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Awards Podcast The Windham-Campbell Awards Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present Windham-Campbell Award The winners about their favorite books and plays. Hosted by Michael Kelleher. Article continues after ad Mike Kelleher talks with Joyelle McSweeney, recipient of the 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry,
When I first experienced the magic of writing I was reading a novel by Jules Verne. The heroes had just dropped their balloon in the desert. The heat was continuous. Their food had finished several days ago and in the morning even the last drops of water had been swallowed. My mouth was dry. Suddenly,
In some ways, I’ve been going to the moon most of my life. As a child of the space age, whose father worked in the space industry, I have followed activities in space, sometimes closely, sometimes less. Satellites, the space race, people on the moon, and all the science-fiction and commercial kitsch that came with