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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

10 Dark Short Stories You Can Read Online to Escape Holiday Cheer

10 Dark Short Stories You Can Read Online to Escape Holiday Cheer

Under the table on your phone, if necessary

By Emily Temple | December 27, 2017

The Most-Rejected Books of All Time

The Most-Rejected Books of All Time

(Of the Ones That Were Eventually Published)

By Emily Temple | December 22, 2017

The 64 Best Book Covers of 2017

The 64 Best Book Covers of 2017

According to the Experts: Book Designers!

By Emily Temple | December 21, 2017

Notable Literary Deaths in 2017

Notable Literary Deaths in 2017

A Last Goodbye to the Authors and Editors We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 18, 2017

The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

Or: Clarity in Consensus

By Emily Temple | December 18, 2017

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  • Evil Genius

A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2017

13 Literary Celebrity Lookalikes

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2017

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

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2017

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?

By Emily Temple | December 11, 2017

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."

By Emily Temple | December 11, 2017

Now You Too Can Bake Like Emily Dickinson This Holiday Season

Now You Too Can Bake Like Emily Dickinson This Holiday Season

7 Delicious Recipes from a Great American Poet

By Emily Temple | December 8, 2017

William H. Gass's Advice for Writers:

William H. Gass's Advice for Writers: "You Have to be Grimly Determined."

1924-2017

By Emily Temple | December 7, 2017

10 Larry Davids of Literature

10 Larry Davids of Literature

To fill the Curb-shaped hole in your heart

By Emily Temple | December 1, 2017

Why Exactly is This Book Obscene? (Skip to the Dirty Bits)

Why Exactly is This Book Obscene? (Skip to the Dirty Bits)

Why Famous Works of Literature Were Challenged in Court

By Emily Temple | November 22, 2017

How 11 Writers Organize Their Personal Libraries

How 11 Writers Organize Their Personal Libraries

You can't put Pynchon next to Plato (Unless They're Both Pink)

By Emily Temple | November 21, 2017

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