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On Literary Plagues

On Literary Plagues

From the Historical to the Fantastic, How Disease Scars Us All

By Tobias Carroll | July 22, 2016

When Grief Becomes Surreal

When Grief Becomes Surreal

On the Reality-Bending Effects of Trauma in Literature

By Tobias Carroll | July 15, 2016

Reading the Literary City

Reading the Literary City

How Urban Spaces Shape the Books We Read

By Tobias Carroll | May 20, 2016

On the Future of the American Essay

On the Future of the American Essay

How Film and Poetry are Changing the Form—And Vice Versa

By Tobias Carroll | May 11, 2016

Infiltrating Literature's Secret Societies

Infiltrating Literature's Secret Societies

Tobias Carroll on Our Fascination with All-Powerful, Unseen Institutions

By Tobias Carroll | April 29, 2016

Why We Love Weird Fairy Tales

Why We Love Weird Fairy Tales

From the Tale of Tales to Michael Cunningham to Helen Oyeyemi...

By Tobias Carroll | March 17, 2016

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How We Fictionalize Our Politics

By Tobias Carroll | February 18, 2016

When Setting Trumps Character

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How Board Games Got Literary

By Tobias Carroll | November 19, 2015

Witches, Demons, Mystics: When Writers Cross the Supernatural Line

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Is There Such a Thing as Magical Realist Non-Fiction?

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Joanna Walsh on Sex Writing, Freud, and (the) Marx (Brothers)

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In Conversation with the Writer-Editor-Illustrator-Founder of #Readwomen

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When Pen Names Become People

When Pen Names Become People

The Freedom and Pitfalls of Literary (Mis)Identity

By Tobias Carroll | October 7, 2015

When Rock Festivals Get Bookish

When Rock Festivals Get Bookish

The Rise of the Literary Second Stage

By Tobias Carroll | September 23, 2015

Ottessa Moshfegh: What It Means to Be a Voice in the World

Ottessa Moshfegh: What It Means to Be a Voice in the World

On Doubt, Unreliable Narration, and the Messiness of Near History

By Tobias Carroll | August 18, 2015

The Perpetual Now of Life on the Margins

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Comyns, Metcalf, Berlin: Learning From Literary Reissues

By Tobias Carroll | July 31, 2015

Weird Fiction: A Primer

Weird Fiction: A Primer

On the Heirs of Kafka and Borges

By Tobias Carroll | July 21, 2015

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