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11 Books (for Adults) Featuring Talking Animals

11 Books (for Adults) Featuring Talking Animals

From George Orwell to Yoko Tawada

By Emily Temple | August 17, 2018

<em>We the Animals</em> is the Ideal Literary Adaptation

We the Animals is the Ideal Literary Adaptation

This is What Happens When Your Director is an Actual Superfan

By Emily Temple | August 14, 2018

Inside the Weddings of 10 Famous Writers

Inside the Weddings of 10 Famous Writers

Like the Vows Column, but for Dead Novelists!

By Emily Temple | August 10, 2018

Shirley Jackson: Possibly a Witch, Definitely Played the Zither

Shirley Jackson: Possibly a Witch, Definitely Played the Zither

Or, Why All Author Bios Should Include Likes and Dislikes

By Emily Temple | August 8, 2018

Famous Authors Who Died on the Exact Same Day

Famous Authors Who Died on the Exact Same Day

Or, 10 of the Worst Days in Literature

By Emily Temple | August 6, 2018

33 Portraits of Flannery O'Connor

33 Portraits of Flannery O'Connor

Because Good Fan Art is Hard to Find

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2018

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"Write a Sentence as Clean as a Bone" And Other Advice from James Baldwin

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2018

Watch a Mansplain-y Scene from the Adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's The Wife

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2018

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By Emily Temple | August 1, 2018

<em>Wuthering Heights</em> is a Virgin's Story, and Other Opinions of Brontë's Classic

Wuthering Heights is a Virgin's Story, and Other Opinions of Brontë's Classic

200 Years of Writers Weighing in on Wuthering Heights

By Emily Temple | July 30, 2018

There is Such a Thing as Talent: Elizabeth Hardwick on Writing

There is Such a Thing as Talent: Elizabeth Hardwick on Writing

The Brilliant Novelist and Essayist Tells it Like it Is

By Emily Temple | July 27, 2018

13 Literary Writers Who Have Adapted Other People's Books for the Screen

13 Literary Writers Who Have Adapted Other People's Books for the Screen

Or: When Aldous Huxley Wrote Pride and Prejudice

By Emily Temple | July 26, 2018

A Close Reading of the Best Short Story Ever Written

A Close Reading of the Best Short Story Ever Written

From Your Resident Donald Barthelme Stan

By Emily Temple | July 25, 2018

The 100 Best One-Star Reviews of <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>

The 100 Best One-Star Reviews of The Catcher in the Rye

"If I had written this book, I would have gone into hiding too"

By Emily Temple | July 16, 2018

How to Copy Your Favorite Authors' Best Beach Looks

How to Copy Your Favorite Authors' Best Beach Looks

20 Famous Writers Swimming, Surfing, and Strolling by the Sea

By Emily Temple | July 13, 2018

20 Very Funny Novels By Women

20 Very Funny Novels By Women

*Insert Joke Here*

By Emily Temple | July 12, 2018

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