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To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allen Poe

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allen Poe

Ed Simon Explores the Terror of Being Buried Alive and Americanism in Poe’s Work

By Ed Simon | October 8, 2025

On the Limits of Language at the End of the World

On the Limits of Language at the End of the World

Ed Simon Considers How We Talk About the Climate Apocalypse

By Ed Simon | September 24, 2025

The Tragedy and Comedy of <em>Don Quixote</em>

The Tragedy and Comedy of Don Quixote

How the Kidnapping of Miguel de Cervantes Shaped His Famous Novel

By Ed Simon | September 22, 2025

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Ed Simon Considers the Enduring Impact of the Atomic Bomb on Artistic and Literary Production

By Ed Simon | August 18, 2025

Hypergraphia: On Prolific Writers and the Persistent Need to Produce

Hypergraphia: On Prolific Writers and the Persistent Need to Produce

Ed Simon Considers the Habits and Processes of a Group of Critically and Commercially Acclaimed Authors

By Ed Simon | July 21, 2025

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

Ed Simon Looks at Eduard Limonov, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Yukio Mishima, and Others

By Ed Simon | June 23, 2025

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L. Frank Baum’s Literary Vision of an American Century: The Wizard of Oz at 125 Years

By Ed Simon | May 16, 2025

American Literature’s White Whale: Why the “Great American Novel” is Still Worth Pursuing

By Ed Simon | April 2, 2025

Punk, Poet, Prophet: In Praise of the Late, Great Shane MacGowan

By Ed Simon | March 17, 2025

In Praise of <em>Wonder Boys</em> (Both the Book AND the Movie)

In Praise of Wonder Boys (Both the Book AND the Movie)

Ed Simon on Michael Chabon’s Iconic Campus Novel at 30

By Ed Simon | February 25, 2025

“Anarchism Means That You Should Be Free.” On the Literature of Liberation

“Anarchism Means That You Should Be Free.” On the Literature of Liberation

Ed Simon Considers the Life Alexander Berkman, Anarchist, Would-Be Assassin, and 19th-Century Luigi Mangione

By Ed Simon | January 27, 2025

How Walter Benjamin’s Iconic Antifascist Essay Escaped Europe

How Walter Benjamin’s Iconic Antifascist Essay Escaped Europe

Ed Simon on the Enduring Political Relevance of Benjamin’s “Theses on the Philosophy of History”

By Ed Simon | December 13, 2024

In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse

In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse

Ed Simon on What Sven Birkerts Got Right in “The Guttenberg Elegies”

By Ed Simon | November 25, 2024

Deadly Sins and Heavenly Virtues: On the Timeless Duality of Being Human

Deadly Sins and Heavenly Virtues: On the Timeless Duality of Being Human

Ed Simon Explores the Ways in Which Good and Evil Have Manifested Throughout the Ages

By Ed Simon | November 15, 2024

Exhuming Dracula’s Ancestors: What Vampires Reveal About Our Latent Fears

Exhuming Dracula’s Ancestors: What Vampires Reveal About Our Latent Fears

Ed Simon Explores the History and Tradition of Unearthing the Long-Buried Past in Eastern Europe

By Ed Simon | October 31, 2024

Life Imitates Art: On <em>The Sorrows of Young Werther</em>, Moral Panic and the Power of Books

Life Imitates Art: On The Sorrows of Young Werther, Moral Panic and the Power of Books

Ed Simon Considers the Phenomenon of Killing Yourself (and Others) in the Name of Literature

By Ed Simon | September 27, 2024

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