Reading in Public

Reading in Public No. 55: Quick thoughts on the National Book Award fiction finalists

A brief dispatch from NYC

Nov 19 •

Writing in Public: Nora Lange on matrilineal stories and what America could be

Plus Great American Novels and characters who appear fully formed

Nov 5 •

Reading in Public No. 54: Boy books, girl books, and the politics of reading

Or why we should expect boys to empathize with Jane Eyre

Oct 29 •

Reading in Public No. 53: A TBR-saving tool for readers who love a plan

Booker of the Month creator Deedi Brown on how she uses Airtable to organize her reading

Oct 22 •

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Writing in Public: Jamie Quatro on structure as scaffolding, giving just enough detail, and the man who inspired Two-Step Devil

Plus prose and poetry to inspire writers and surprise readers

Oct 15 •

Reading in Public No. 52: What is English class for?

Another literary panic strikes the internet

Oct 8 •

Reading in Public No. 51: How knowing why I read helps me choose better books

"Why" might be a better question than "what" when it comes to the reading life

Oct 1 •

Reading in Public No. 50: The essential framework I use to move from reading to analysis

How one small perspective shift vastly opened up my reading life

Sep 24 •

Reading in Public No. 49: A day in the life of a public reader

In which I don't read nearly as much as I'd like

Sep 17 •

Reading in Public No. 48: Pondering literary maximalism

Must everything in a book be "necessary?"

Sep 10 •

Reading in Public No. 47: The return of magnificent rhetoric

Four questions to ask when considering persuasive speech

Aug 27 •

Reading in Public No. 46: An existential crisis in public reading

Honest thoughts about the anxieties and inconveniences of reading in public

Aug 20 •

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