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15 Covers for <em>The Bell Jar</em>, Ranked from Most to Least Sexist

15 Covers for The Bell Jar, Ranked from Most to Least Sexist

Plus a Bunch of Crazy International Covers, Just For Fun

By Emily Temple | January 12, 2018

20 Author Photos: Then and Now

20 Author Photos: Then and Now

Toni Morrison, Donna Tartt, Margaret Atwood and More

By Emily Temple | January 10, 2018

Hot Sex With Sea Monsters: A Comparative Study

Hot Sex With Sea Monsters: A Comparative Study

Or, Why is Mrs. Caliban So Much More Convincing Than The Shape of Water?

By Emily Temple | January 9, 2018

Everything You Need to Know About Michael Wolff's <em>Fire and Fury</em>

Everything You Need to Know About Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury

The Trump Exposé That Everyone is Talking About

By Emily Temple | January 5, 2018

35 Literary Adaptations to Look Forward to in 2018

35 Literary Adaptations to Look Forward to in 2018

Prepare Your Reading Schedule Now

By Emily Temple | January 4, 2018

10 Songs for <em>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</em>

10 Songs for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The Very Best in 14th-century Holiday Morality Tales

By Emily Temple | December 28, 2017

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The Most-Rejected Books of All Time

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Or: Clarity in Consensus

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A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time

A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time

From Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, of course

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13 Literary Celebrity Lookalikes

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Because Everyone Has a Doppelgänger

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2017

See It Here: The Cover for Ottessa Moshfegh's New Novel

See It Here: The Cover for Ottessa Moshfegh's New Novel

A Look at My Year of Rest and Relaxation

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Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?

Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?

And were the cats imaginary?

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Watch the Only Existing Footage of Clarice Lispector

Watch the Only Existing Footage of Clarice Lispector

"I think that when I'm not writing I'm dead."

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