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The Return of the Long Sentence
Craft · Featured

The Return of the Long Sentence

Why a new generation of novelists is falling back in love with the sprawling, unspooling line.

By Priya Anand · 9 min · Mar 6

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Reading in Translation: Whose Voice Is It?
Essay

Reading in Translation: Whose Voice Is It?

On the invisible art of the translator and the books that reach us only through them.

Cora Lindqvist · 12 min

The Bookshop as Sanctuary
Reportage

The Bookshop as Sanctuary

Independent stores are quietly becoming the last public rooms we have. A field report.

Marcus Feye · 15 min

Writing by Ear
Craft

Writing by Ear

What happens to prose when authors read their drafts aloud on our airwaves first.

Imani Osei · 7 min