We Should All Be Autodidacts: The Case For Reading the Great Books at Your Own Pace

We Should All Be Autodidacts: The Case For Reading the Great Books at Your Own Pace

Naomi Kanakia Argues in Favor of a DIY Literary and Philosophical Education

By Naomi Kanakia | May 26, 2026

Contemporary Literary Novels Are Haunted by the Absence of Money

Contemporary Literary Novels Are Haunted by the Absence of Money

Naomi Kanakia Wonders Why Nobody Talks About the Thing We All Need

By Naomi Kanakia | April 16, 2024

Why the Culture of the So-Called Great Books is Hostile to Trans People

Why the Culture of the So-Called Great Books is Hostile to Trans People

Naomi Kanakia on the Intellectual Cult of the Transphobic Rationalist

By Naomi Kanakia | April 14, 2023

If They Want to Be Published, Literary Writers Can’t Be Honest About Money

If They Want to Be Published, Literary Writers Can’t Be Honest About Money

Naomi Kanakia on the Class Contradictions at the Heart of Publishing

By Naomi Kanakia | June 23, 2022

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