If the Harlem Renaissance is commonly understood as a period during which Black creatives were in vogue, then we’re in the midst of a new renaissance today, nearly a century later — not just of recent art but of the archive. Read more
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The enduring appeal of a midcentury Japanese novelist who wrote of alienation and suicide. Read more
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An English department chairman at an underfunded college, Professor Hank Devereaux toes the line between midlife crisis and full-blown meltdown, navigating the offbeat chaos in his personal and professional life. Watch trailer
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Since 1963, the PEN America Literary Awards Program has honored outstanding voices in fiction, poetry, science writing, essays, biography, children’s literature, translation, drama, and more. With the help of our generous partners and supporters, this year PEN America conferred over 20 distinct juried awards, grants, and prizes, awarding more than $350,000 to more than 40 writers and translators. Read more
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LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Watch trailer
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Michael Lesy’s book of historical photographs and found text offers a singular portrait of American life. Read more
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Organizers say the event will be the first major literary festival celebrating Roth in his hometown, culminating on what would have been his 90th birthday. Read more
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Cindy Juyoung Ok, whose manuscript “Ward Toward” was hailed for its inventiveness and frankness, has received America’s longest-running poetry prize. Read more
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The Ballad of Beta-2 is a mysterious tale about generational starships taken over by superstition, paranoia, and misinformation, eventually descending into horrific acts of genocide. It also contains elements of the supernatural, or perhaps the alien, in the form of the Destroyer, an entity responsible for catastrophe aboard the ships, whose actions are misattributed to the marginalized population derisively known as the “One-Eyes.” Read more
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The wild, funny, sexy noir that helped launch a new era of crime fiction. Read more
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