The Persecution of Yang Hengjun: Where’s the Global Outrage?
Imprisoned Australian-Chinese writer’s health has taken a severe turn for the worse, but not many in the literary community seem to care
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Writers
Alan Dean Foster: The BFG Interview
We speak to the longtime prolific science fiction writer about A.I., the Hollywood strikes, and whether or not Ray Bradbury actually is “the greatest sci-fi writer in history”.
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The Enigma of Régis Debray
The French intellectual who ran around with left-wing insurgents and knew many famous writers looks back on his life
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Abdi Nazemian: The BFG Interview
Queer author and film producer opens up about his experiences to a fellow Iranian-American
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Cormac McCarthy Is Dead
A poet of violence and horror goes peacefully into the sunset
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Michel Houellebecq, Accidental Porn Star
A breakdown of the French author’s latest controversy, plus a rare English-language review of his new work
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Considering Martin Amis
Revisiting the literary legacy of a gadfly and provocateur
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Lessons From Milan Kundera
The Cold War is still with us in a HarperCollins reissue of essential essays by the Czech writer
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Oe Warned Us
Japan’s second Nobel laureate, who died earlier this month, would not let his nation forget the dehumanization of war
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Macondon’t
Ready or not, here comes the “magical” Netflix adaption of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’
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Memories of Reading John Jakes
The works of the pop-history writer, who died last week at age 90, were my first foray into “grownup” fiction
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Fail, Fail Again
‘On Writing and Failure’ by Steven Marche feels pretty true
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Leigh Stein Explains BookTok For You
Attending a webinar by a writer who’s trying to bridge the publicity generation gap for writers
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Kafka Lives
A massive new collection of Franz Kafka’s diaries provides fresh insight into his visionary work
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Horror Writers’ Association Kicks Tom Monteleone To The Curb
After he wrote an offensive blog post and did some podcasts criticizing the HWA’s new “woke” standards, they quickly turned a Lifetime Achievement Award Winner into a pariah. We interviewed him to see if he cares.
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