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Marie Arana and Writing Between Reality and Imagination
Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin This is a book that really confuses the place where reality and imagination meet. I am crazy about…
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He Wrote a Book About Interviewing. Here’s His Interview.
I want to be able to speak freely, and I want you to be able to speak freely, and in order to do that I think you should have more freedom…
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The Timeless Provocations of “Wuthering Heights” (the Novel)
A great fuss surrounds Emerald Fennell’s anachronistic adaptation, but Emily Brontë’s ruthless text will always have the last word. Source…
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Lauren Groff on Masters of Short Fiction
Lauren Groff is perhaps most known for her best-selling third novel, “Fates and Furies,” which President Barack Obama named his favorite…
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The Apolitical Library Is Just Fiction
We’ve strayed from the ideal of libraries as community temples of learning. Source link
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What if Readers Like A.I.-Generated Fiction?
After feeding Han’s writing into GPT-4o, Chakrabarty fine-tuned fresh versions of the model on the work of twenty-nine other authors,…
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First Fiction Series From Ruben Östlund’s Plattform Produktion and a Micro-Drama Make the Cut at Göteborg TV Series in Development (EXCLUSIVE)
Göteborg’s 20th edition of its TV Drama Vision confab looks like it could be one of the powerful ever with some of the biggest Nordic and…
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Peter Greene Dies: ‘Pulp Fiction’ & ‘The Mask’ Actor Was 60
Peter Greene, a character actor known for playing bad guys in such movies as Pulp Fiction and The Mask, has passed away at the age of 60.…
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How Did Peter Greene Die? 'The Mask' and 'Pulp Fiction' Actor Found Dead Aged 60 Inside His NYC Apartment
Actor Peter Greene, best known for his roles in "The Mask" and "Pulp Fiction," was found dead in his Lower East Side apartment on Friday…
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‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,’ ‘Ghost of Yōtei’ and ‘Split Fiction’ Among Best Game Contenders in 2026 BAFTA Games Awards Longlist
“Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,” “Ghost of Yōtei” and “Split Fiction” are among the ten titles contending for Best Game among the 64…
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Olga Tokarczuk Recommends Visionary Science Fiction
The Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk’s fiction is known for its interest in the porosity of boundaries—between nations, between…
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‘The Captive’ Review: ‘Don Quixote’s’ Author Becomes the Hero in a Handsome Historical Fiction
“The Captive” offers the intriguing concept of “Don Quixote’s” author viewed through a lens more redolent of “Arabian Nights,” spinning…
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George Saunders and Zadie Smith Talk with Deborah Treisman
On October 25, 2025, the writers George Saunders and Zadie Smith took the stage with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman,…
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Booker Prize launches new award for children's fiction including young judges
The prestigious Booker Prize organisers have launched a new prize for children's fiction, featuring a panel of child and adult judges. The…
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Brandon Taylor on the Quandary of Black Art
Plus he’s hot. He’s a hot Catholic priest who, in my mind, I was picturing Joe Alwyn the whole time. I want to see the portraits Wyeth…
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The 2025 National Book Awards Longlist
This week, The New Yorker is announcing the longlists for the 2025 National Book Awards, including Young People’s Literature, Translated…
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‘Pride and Prejudice’ and Vampires: New AI-Driven Role-Playing Platform Launches With Plans to Gamify Fan Fiction Across Books, Movies and TV IP
New role-playing gaming platform Hidden Door debuted Wednesday with features that allow users to create their own stories within iconic…
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Coming of Age in Panic Mode
The books of Michael Clune, or at least the ones written for a nonacademic audience, have focussed on very particular chapters of his…
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Bavaria Fiction Claims Global First After Headquarters Secures Demanding Sustainability Validation (EXCLUSIVE)
German production house Bavaria Fiction has become a green pioneer by securing validation for its headquarters under the Eco-Management…
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’28 Years Later’ Grosses Triple What Cillian Murphy’s Science Fiction Bomb Made at the Global Box Office
Having completed a full week of release in theaters worldwide, director Danny Boyle’s long-awaited third installment in the 28… series, 28…
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Han Ong on Partisan Passions and Life Affirmation in the Theatre
Your story “Happy Days” revolves around an unorthodox staging of Samuel Beckett’s play “Happy Days,” by an Off Off Broadway theatre…
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Catherine Lacey’s Disappointing Fusion of Fiction and Memoir
Much of the issue here is that Lacey sketches her characters too vaguely for either of them to say something precise. At times, it’s hard…
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Donald Trump Is Writing Fan Fiction About the L.A. Protests
President Trump thinks Gavin Newsom should be thanking him for “saving his ass.” “Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights.…
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Sigrid Nunez on the Beauty of Narrative Restraint
“Plot, shmot,” the writer and editor William Maxwell once said to John Updike. Sigrid Nunez couldn’t agree more. She used to tell her…