Words, words, words

By Martin PuchnerJune 18, 2026

Strong resistance to AI among writers is understandable. But it obscures what we share with the machines: language itself- by Martin PuchnerRead on Aeon

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My Newly Successful Friend Won’t Stop Namedropping: Is She the Literary Asshole?

Well, hello there! Fancy meeting you here. Welcome back to the Internet’s favorite drunken advice column, Am I The Literary Asshole? It’s the place where we ponder all of life’s hardest-hitting questions, such as “Why does my dog walk out

Kristen ArnettJun 18, 2026

Public Books

Edward Said, My Grandfather, and the Problem of Home

“Said's ‘Reflections on Exile’ summoned to mind the only 7 words my grandfather ever said to me about Ireland, where he had cousins he never knew: ‘I don’t think I’ll go back there.’” The post Edward Said, My Grandfather, and the Problem of Home appeared first on Public Books.

Morgan BarryJun 16, 2026

Literary Hub

Follow Awe: Deb Olin Unferth on Writing Speculative Fiction

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Most of my books have elements of surrealism or sci-fi or the fantastic—the passenger pigeons mysteriously return, or a character has the power of knowing when people will die—but I

Deb Olin UnferthJun 18, 2026

The Paris Review

Announcing Our Summer Issue

Featuring interviews with Harryette Mullen and Yan Lianke, prose by Lucy Ellmann and Chigozie Obioma, poetry by Frederick Seidel, and a cover by Alex Da Corte.

Emily StokesJun 16, 2026

Aeon

Trauma creep

From a broken life to a broken nail, ‘trauma’ has been bleached by overuse. But it names something real – and must be reclaimed- by Lily DunnRead on Aeon

Lily DunnJun 19, 2026

The Paris Review

Making of a Poem: Hannah Piette on “Nijinsky Dancing”

“Nijinsky’s face layered in makeup became an apt figure for the poem I wanted to write—one in which a ‘civilian face’ could be recognized only through its effacement.”

Hannah PietteJun 17, 2026