On our Close Readings subscription podcast: James Wood and Adam Thirlwell explore Dag Solstad’s ‘Shyness and Dignity’, a novel that avoids the expectations of realism to explore the psychological and cultural impact of the realist tradition. Listen to an extract: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

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William T. Vollmann on doing a thorough excavation of American foreign policy during the decades-long process behind publishing his novel, A Table for Fortune. buff.ly/KAko6xC

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‘It is Shelagh Delaney’s imagination that now seems striking. 𝘈 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 showed ways of living thought by some to be shocking and others merely to be bleak. No nuclear families or stable housing arrangements.’ Susannah Clapp on the playwright. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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We're so excited for this one! During Kenyon College Family Weekend 2026, please join the Kenyon Review for a reading with Pulitzer Prize—winning novelist and journalist Mitchell S. Jackson. A Q&A with the audience will follow, and books will be available for purchase and signing.

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You’ve never seen a cat so clearly roll its eyes. Original post

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