Charles Dickens... and Other Bad Men Who are Good Writers

Charles Dickens... and Other Bad Men Who are Good Writers

Francine Prose Explores the Disconnect of Loving Works Written By Monstrous Authors

By Francine Prose | May 5, 2026

Francine Prose on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of the 1970s

Francine Prose on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of the 1970s

“We were not supposed to notice the gap between what we were supposed to feel and what we felt.”

By Francine Prose | June 17, 2024

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose Reads Bolaño, Erpenbeck, Tutuola, and More

By Francine Prose | November 29, 2021

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

Remembering a Dear Friend Through His Work

By Francine Prose | August 23, 2021

Francine Prose: It's Harder Than It Looks to Write Clearly

Francine Prose: It's Harder Than It Looks to Write Clearly

Ask Yourself, Would I Say This?

By Francine Prose | July 3, 2018

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