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On the Destabilizing Brilliance of Robert Coover's

On the Destabilizing Brilliance of Robert Coover's "The Babysitter"

Or, How to Accept the Pain of Not Knowing

By Emily Temple | February 4, 2019

The Art (or Non-Art) of the Cinematic Dictionary Open

The Art (or Non-Art) of the Cinematic Dictionary Open

The Definitions that Begin 13 Films and TV Shows

By Emily Temple | February 1, 2019

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Short Month, Long Books

By Emily Temple | January 31, 2019

The 15 Best Book Covers of January

The 15 Best Book Covers of January

2019's First Crop of Shiny New Books

By Emily Temple | January 28, 2019

What Was Virginia Woolf Like as a Child?

What Was Virginia Woolf Like as a Child?

Your First Clue: Her Nickname Was "the Goat"

By Emily Temple | January 25, 2019

5 Literary Classics That Have Yet to Be Adapted, and How We'd Cast Them

5 Literary Classics That Have Yet to Be Adapted, and How We'd Cast Them

Opinions Contained in This Article Are 100 Percent Correct

By Emily Temple | January 24, 2019

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A State-By-State Survey of Literary Masterpieces

By Emily Temple | January 23, 2019

A Brief and Incomplete Survey of Edgar Allan Poes in Pop Culture

By Emily Temple | January 18, 2019

Some Hilarious Illustrations from America's First Bestselling Diet Book

By Emily Temple | January 15, 2019

What's Needed is <em>Magic</em>: Writing Advice from Haruki Murakami

What's Needed is Magic: Writing Advice from Haruki Murakami

Also: Talent, Focus, and Endurance

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2019

An Unnecessarily Close Reading of <em>That</em> Scene in <em>Portnoy's Complaint</em>

An Unnecessarily Close Reading of That Scene in Portnoy's Complaint

Chopped Meat Through the Kosher Grinder

By Emily Temple | January 11, 2019

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

New Year's Resolutions to Read More: No Sign is Immune

By Emily Temple | January 9, 2019

Announcing the 2018 Story Prize Finalists

Announcing the 2018 Story Prize Finalists

Three Collections Are in the Running for $20,000

By Emily Temple | January 9, 2019

How Zora Neale Hurston Helped Create the First Realistic Black Baby Doll

How Zora Neale Hurston Helped Create the First Realistic Black Baby Doll

Writing Literary Classics and Advising American Toymakers

By Emily Temple | January 7, 2019

The 75 Best Book Covers of 2018

The 75 Best Book Covers of 2018

According to Book Cover Designers

By Emily Temple | December 29, 2018

The Ultimate Best Books of 2018 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2018 List

AKA the Nerdiest Popularity Contest of All Time

By Emily Temple | December 29, 2018

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