culture
Why Launch a Videogame at a Bookstore?
'Eliza,' the visual novel by Matthew Seiji Burns, plays with the border between fiction and gaming
Aug 23 - Philip Sayers
essays
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How Kurt Vonnegut Predicted the Automation Crisis
67 years ago, "Player Piano" warned us that big tech was coming for our jobs
Aug 14 - Arvind Dilawar
books 
The Real-Life “Nickel Boys” Speak Out About Their Abuse
Hear testimony from the White House Boys, the survivors of the reform school that inspired Colson Whitehead's novel
Aug 13 - Avery Kleinman
books 
Borders Are Black Holes Where Ideas Go to Die
When border guards in the Middle East detained me for the books in my backpack, I realized that enforcing boundaries means controlling the flow of thought
Aug 8 - Gabriel M. Schivone
books 
Toni Morrison Gave My Own Story Back to Me
The incomparable literary powerhouse, who died this week, showed me how to stop letting white people dictate the shape of my narrative
Aug 7 - Brandon Taylor
books 
How Women Writers Are Reinventing Freud
The psychoanalyst has influenced literature for a century, but in the hands of these authors, his ideas are transformed
Aug 6 - Cynthia Gralla
books 
What Writers Need to Know About Morality Clauses
You may not even realize that your book contract could be canceled if you're accused of misconduct—or just cause drama
Jul 30 - Carrie V. Mullins
writing 
Who Needs an MFA When You Have This Literary Fiction Trope Checklist?
Include all 25 tropes and you'll probably get a Pulitzer
Jul 26 - R.L. Maizes
writing 
These Middle-Grade Novels Are Some of the Most Formally Innovative Works of Our Time
Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" is the true spiritual successor to Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"
Jul 24 - Elyse Martin
books 
Sexual Assault Survivors Don’t Owe Anyone Their Stories
A manifesto against telling the truth
Jul 23 - Yara Rodrigues Fowler
writing 
