Stories that Stay: Grief, Legacy, and Sexual Politics in Fiction
Charmaine Craig speaks with John Irving about his interest in gendered power structures, and how his understanding of a writer’s artistic freedom has changed over the course of his decades-long career.
Friends for Life: The Complicated, Unbreakable Bonds
What role do friendships play in our lives—setting us on new paths, grounding us, dissolving and reappearing at critical moments—and how do they shape the... Read More
Spirited Away – Haunted Novels
Four acclaimed writers–Namwali Serpell (The Furrows), Kevin Chen (Ghost Town), Joseph Han (Nuclear Family), and Samanta Schweblin (Seven Empty Houses) convene for one special event... Read More
Greek Lessons: Han Kang in Conversation with Katie Kitamura
Han Kang’s Booker Prize-winning 2016 novel The Vegetarian solidified her place as a master of the surreal, and is a powerful reminder that what makes... Read More
Novel & Place
When we talk about reading, we almost always talk about being transported. But where are we going? How does the place we are transported to... Read More