Hilton Als praises Hnath as "an artist whose particular brand of American strangeness grows along with his strengths.”

Keene says that his ideal reader is "someone who is willing to proceed in a state of not-knowing, or not fully knowing" and discusses an artist’s political responsibilities.

Offutt tells the story of growing up with a father who, with 375 titles under 17 pen names, made a living writing erotica.

In The Daily Beast, Glock profiles Lil’ Knievel, Evel Knievel’s son, and his attempt to break the world-record for a no-handed jump over 17 semi-trucks.

In Poets & Writers, A. Van Jordan and others discuss what MFA programs can do to support young writers of color.

The Guardian calls the new production of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s show “Richly justified by its epic sweep, heightened emphasis on colonization and the sheer quality of the acting.”

On Boston Public Radio, Parks says her latest show, Father Comes Home From the Wars, asks viewers to consider the question “How free are we?”

In this video, Karr and fellow memoirists, including Lena Dunham and Amy Tan, discuss Karr's upcoming The Art of Memoir and how she has "kicked open the door” for their own work.

In The New Yorker, Chiasson unveils the “spasmodic enjambments” and “strong forward current” of syntax in poetry by Linda Gregorson and James Tate.

In The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani writes that Franzen's latest work is his "most fleet-footed, least self-conscious and most intimate novel yet."