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Charlotte Goff Answers the SJP Lit Questionnaire (opens the original)
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What does it mean to translate a writer who prides themselves on saying “things no one else can say in words anyone can understand”? Nao-Cola Yamazaki is one of Japan’s most acclaimed authors, and the titles of their translated novels capture something of the delicate, complicated emotions at the heart of their work: Don’t Laugh at Other People’s Sex Lives, Friendship fo
Back to School: Creative Writing Edition (opens the original)
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My goal for my students, first and foremost, is teaching them to read as writers. At first, they find it trying because reading as a writer is at odds with years of reading for literature classes where they’re often on the hunt for themes and symbols. It’s not that I don’t think themes and symbols exist in literature, but I don’t think it’s how writers think about their material while they’re composing.Instead, I want my students to consider how writers compose: on the sentence leve
Téa Obreht Answers the SJP Lit Questionnaire (opens the original)
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This week, Téa Obreht joins us mere weeks after redefining the Western in her newest novel, Sunrise. The New York Times bestselling author — behind The Tiger’s Wife, Inland, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/book
Six questions with SJP Lit's Editorial Director (opens the original)
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Some editors chase trends. Masie Cochran chases voice — the inventive, immersive, emotionally poignant kind that lingers long after you’ve looked away from the page. Over 15 years at Tin House, she built a list of bestselling and award-winning titles — Night of the Living Rez and Fire Exit by Morgan Talty, The Language of Trees by Katie Holten, <a href="https://zandoprojects.com/b
Susan Orlean Answers the SJP Lit Questionnaire (opens the original)
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Susan Orlean is arguably best known for her love of libraries. This lifelong love led her to write about the largest fire in the history of the United States libraries. In The Library Book, Orlean investigates the near-death of the Los Angeles Public Library and the sustaining impact that the library had on its community. As she says, “seeing libraries flourish” sustains her hope to this day.Lately, Susan has been providing guidance <a href=
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