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Readings and conversation with Kurt Andersen, Libba Bray, Stephen Colbert, Oskar Eustis, ...

After his daughter was born prematurely in 2010, Matt Burriesci set out to write a book a...

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, an...

Marilynne Robinson discusses and reads from her book Gilead with James Wood.

Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude) joins Judith Freeman and ...

Anyone who has ever loved a book will relish this playful, yet deeply literate collection...

One of our most beloved writers reassess the electrifying works of literature that have s...

Geraldine Brooks sits down with John Hockenberry to discuss her novel People of the Book....

Back by popular demand, novelists Siri Hustvedt (The Blazing World, March 2014), Jennifer...

Is Shakespeare Dead? is a short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Samuel C...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls andOne of the most valuable spaces...

Karen Joy Fowler leads a celebration of Jane Austen. Hope Davis reads selections from Aus...

Aimee Bender sits down with Heidi Julavits to discuss her book, The Particular Sadness of...

Edward P. Jones sits down with Wyatt Mason to discuss his collection, All Aunt Hagar's Ch...

Amy Bloom sits down with Isaiah Sheffer to discuss her book, Away. Jill Eikenberry reads ...

Justin Vivian Bond joins Mike Albo for a discussion of v literary works and a performance...

Jennifer Egan, Siri Hustvedt, and Margot Livesey once again convene to discuss Leo Tolsto...

Anne Enright sits down with Hanna Tinti to discuss her book, The Forgotten Waltz. Amy Rya...

An evening of readings and discussion: Heller's friends and colleagues including Christop...

Claire Messud joins Valerie Martin to discuss her book, The Emperor's Children. Hope Davi...

Isaiah Sheffer sits down with two great contemporary authors, Colum McCann and Colm Toibi...

The whip-smart and funny authors of the essay collections Don't Get Too Comfortable (Rako...

David Wrobleski sits down with Dan Menaker to discuss and read excerpts from his book, Th...

Edwidge Danticat sits down with director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) to discuss...

Emma Donoghue discusses her extraordinary new novel with author Michael Cunningham (The H...

Joan Didion joins Griffin Dunn for an evening of literature and film celebrating her nove...

Susanna Clarke discusses and reads from her novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell.

Julie Otsuka sits down with David Rakoff to discuss her novel Buddha in the Attic. Rita W...

Louis Erdrich sits down with Amy Goodman (Democracy Now) to discuss her short story colle...

Judith Jones and Alex Prud'homme discuss and read from their kitchen-based memoirs: Prud'...

Isaiah Sheffer sits down with two memoirists, Alexandra Fuller and Wendy Kann, to discuss...

Nicole Krauss sits down with Deborah Treisman to discuss her book, Great House. Lois Smit...

Zadie Smith sits down with Laura Miller to discuss and read from her novel, On Beauty.

Jennifer Egan, Siri Hustvedt, and Margot Livesey once again convene to discuss George Eli...

Richard Ford joins Isaiah Sheffer to discuss his novels The Sportswriter, Independence Da...

Michael Cunningham (The Hours) sits down with Stacey D'Erasmo to discuss his novel Specim...

A panel of James Atlas (Delmore Schwartz, Saul Bellow), Edmund Morris (Theodore Roosevelt...

Kaye Gibbons joins Elissa Schappell to discuss The Life All Around Me, the sequel to her ...

Tom Mallon joins John Freeman to discuss their books, Mallon's Yours Ever and Freeman's T...

Tom Rachman sits down with Sree Srinivasan to discuss his novel, The Imperfectionists. Da...

Four fierce authors of romance, suspense, fantasy, and bestselling series for teens: Anna...

In this essay, originally published anonymously in The Westminster Review (1856), George ...

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