Sitemap - 2016 - Read Her Like an Open Book

Writing Out of Rage: How Sexual Politics Inspired “The Unraveling of Mercy Louis”

THE RED CAR takes us on a wild ride through a young woman's life

Rebecca Makkai on the varieties of Literary Mansplaining

PEN America announces longlist for 2017 Literary Awards

A Personal Message from the Proprietor: Argus Editorial Services is open for business

Three years and five drafts: Stephanie Gangi on the writing of THE NEXT

NBCC announces finalists for John Leonard Prize

Memoirist Alexis Paige: On Manuscript Re-entry, Narrative Nonfiction, and Re-visiting Craft Basics

International Dublin Literary Award 2017 nominees announced

Right, Like a Man: Chris Jane on the power of gender in an author’s name

Soul Retrieval: How an Ecuadorian Shaman Inspired My Transformation Into a Writer

Novelist Margaret Dilloway on the Humanity of Disobedient and Difficult Female Characters

Rene Denfeld: Writing the Truth About Criminals

Six Terrific Recent Books You May Have Missed, Part 2

We Need to Talk About Money: Practicality's Place in a Writing Education

Five Terrific Recent Books You May Have Missed (Part 1 in a series)

Ronna Wineberg: "Nine Facts" About Writing a Collection of Stories

Chaos Outside the Study Door: Virginia Pye on Balance in Writing and Life

HERE COMES THE SUN probes Jamaican "paradise" to explore the lives of women struggling against the cultural current

Eavesdropping: Michelle Brafman on how Bertrand "Ray" Farkas taught her the power of listening

Center for Fiction announces finalists for 2016 First Novel Prize

ANOTHER BROOKLYN captures adolescent friendship and coming of age in pristine prose-poetry

L.E. Kimball's SEASONAL ROADS takes readers into the hidden world of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

SHINING SEA deftly explores the life of an American family amid a half-century of social upheaval

Christine Sneed on Rachel Cusk's OUTLINE: A master class in voice, tone, insight

Summer recommended reading: Four novels to help you defeat the dog days of August

THE NATURAL WAY OF THINGS imagines a world in which misogyny is taken to a new extreme

THE NATURAL WAY OF THINGS imagines a world in which misogyny is taken to new extremes

Roxana Robinson: The Two Worlds of the Writer’s Life

The Dictator of Our Imagination: Karen Bender on Trump's Exploitation of Conservatives' Fears

"Down into that deep and fearful well" -- Pamela Erens on why she likes to read depressing books

Author Brittani Sonnenberg debuts weekly comic strip on life as a "badass divorcee"

Center for Fiction announces 2016 First Novel Prize longlist

"AmWriting" -- Chrissy Kolaya talks with Christine Sneed and Alison Umminger about the challenges of the writing life

Psychotherapist Lisa Gornick's LOUISA MEETS BEAR is a complex and memorable novel-in-stories

ELEVEN HOURS a vivid, potent depiction of labor, delivery, and two women's lives

MARROW ISLAND a suspenseful exploration of the price we pay for environmental damage

SHINING SEA deftly explores the life of an American family and a half-century of social upheaval

The Writing Life: Jane Delury talks and laughs with Jessica Anya Blau, Caroline Leavitt and Elissa Schappell

THE SIXTEENTH OF JUNE explores intertwined lives in a single Joycean day

NOT A SELF-HELP BOOK: THE MISADVENTURES OF MARTY WU explores the bi-cultural life of a young woman torn between Taiwan and America

Summer Fiction Preview, Part 2 (July-August): 14 Books You Don't Want to Miss

Karen E. Bender: Thoughts on the 2016 Election

BEAUTIFUL APE GIRL BABY: The Path to Publication of Heather Fowler's "Wild" Novel

Summer Fiction Preview: A Dozen Books Worth Your Valuable Time

WAYS TO DISAPPEAR explores a life in translation in modern Brazil

Chaitali Sen on Real Life Inspiration: Traces of My Grandmother

Missing the Turn: Debut novelist Ashley Sweeney on the hike that led her to ELIZA WAITE

"Your story is the best one to tell." Marian Palaia on writing who you are and what you know

JUVENTUD a thought-provoking coming of age story set against complexities of Colombia

Diving Deep to Explore the Wreck: Linda Gray Sexton on the Path to Inspiration

The Language of Landscape: Gayle Brandeis on the Power of Place

What the Hell is "Women's Lit"? Garine Isassi Asks the Burning Question

THE LOSS OF ALL LOST THINGS confirms that Amina Gautier is among our most fearless writers

Differently Motivated: In Defense of the Slacker-Writer

Today's must-read: "Women write about family, men write about war"

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction finalists announced

Little Miracles Everywhere: Carrie La Seur on How Billings, Montana Got Its Bookstore Mojo Back

This Woman's Work: Writer Amina Gautier examines work and gender in fiction

2 A.M. AT THE CAT'S PAJAMAS charms with 3-pronged narrative and Philly setting

New York Public Library names Young Lions fiction award finalists...and all five are women!

Jodi Paloni on the transformative capacity of books

How connecting with early readers through my "Reader Feedback and Serialization Project" helped me improve and publish my first novel

Blurry Boundaries:  Author Elizabeth Rosner on trespassing across genre lines

2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction longlist announced

Literary Women's 34th Festival of Authors makes an impression with seven standout writers

CHARMED PARTICLES contrasts science and fear, two marriages, coming of age and small town politics with compelling results

Margaret Dilloway on Disobedient and Difficult Female Characters

LA Times Book Awards nominees include Enright, Luiselli, Novic, Phillips and Coste Lewis

“Pencil and Paper” — EUPHORIA author Lily King on her unique hand-crafted creative process

THE TUSK THAT DID THE DAMAGE offers a potent, multi-perspective view of elephant poaching

Laura van den Berg on the complex writing process behind her debut novel FIND ME

WILLFUL DISREGARD a potent Swedish novel that takes a psychological scalpel to romantic delusions

THE FRANGIPANI HOTEL’s haunting tales of Vietnam announce the arrival of a remarkable young writer

Tuesday February 02, 2016

A chat with Rachel Cantor about the writing of GOOD ON PAPER

Wendy J. Fox: Reconciling book sales as a debut author

Aline Ohanesian discusses her fictional exploration of the Armenian genocide in ORHAN'S INHERITANCE

Author Vanessa Blakeslee on anxiety and depression as inspiration: The Handmaid’s Tale

BLACK RIVER seeks redemption in the heart of Montana's darkness