In Conversation with Annie Ernaux
The renowned French author and Nobel Prize winner on the value of readers’ letters
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Steven Heighton’s Posthumous Book Is a Reckoning with Death
Instructions for the Drowning offers a glimpse of the closure the author may have hoped for
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The Griffin Poetry Prize Shakeup: New Rules, New Controversy
Scott Griffin wants to create the most lucrative poetry prize in the world. Not everyone is happy
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Will John Irving’s The Last Chairlift Stand the Test of Time?
For decades, the celebrated author ruled the public’s imagination. But times change—how will he be read now?
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Why This Poet Declared War on Her Own Book
When M. NourbeSe Philip’s work on a slave ship massacre was translated without her consent, she didn’t recognize it anymore. Who ultimately owns the stories we tell?
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Groupies Deserve More Credit
Superfans contribute just as much to culture as the male musicians they love. Why haven’t they had the shine they deserve?
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Ann-Marie MacDonald on Exile, Imagination, and Her New Gothic Ghost Story
The writer insists that her books have happy endings—“insofar as there is someone left to tell the tale”
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My Harry Potter Podcast Made Me a Better Scholar
I was taught to separate my feelings from my work. Making Witch, Please showed me the value of opening up
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100 Years of Mavis Gallant
Her stories are about the cost of living and the cost of love. It’s why they still endure
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