One of the rituals of Sunday mornings used to be reading a big, fat Sunday newspaper with an arts & entertainment section. Those days are mostly gone, since we read newspapers online and many arts sections have been shut down. In the spirit of those good old days of the Book Section, here are some articles and posts worth your while. And since they’re online, you can read them at home, at brunch/lunch, at the park, or wherever you happen to be relaxing on this March Sunday.

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Rebecca Makkai on the most underutilized tool in fiction: setting (Lit Hub’s The Craft of Writing newsletter)

https://link.lithub.com/view/602eabab180f243d654b7ac9i8b1u.219t/58b53695

Rebecca Makkai: Dispatches from the Road (2/25/23)  

https://rebeccamakkai.substack.com/p/dispatches-from-the-road

Anne Helen Peterson on Demon Copperhead (2/26/23)

https://annehelen.substack.com/p/sick-week-new-look?publication_id=2450&post_id=104919344&isFreemail=true

Christina Baker Kline – Women’s History Month roundup

https://zibbymag.com/blog/womens-history-month-book-roundup-author-christina-baker-kline

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2023 Morning News Tournament of Books

https://themorningnews.org/article/the-2023-tournament-of-books-shortlist-and-judges

Women in Film (Women’s History Month)

https://www.kanopy.com/en/category/15759

Six books by women that have been PEN America Literary Awards winners or finalists

https://offtheshelf.com/2023/03/pen-award-winners-and-finalists/