How the Tragic Literary Woman Became a Figure of Fascination

How the Tragic Literary Woman Became a Figure of Fascination

Kelsey Osgood on the Life of Vivien Eliot and a Misguided Historical Narrative That Won't Go Away

By Kelsey Osgood | March 26, 2021

Returning to Riva: Close Reading a Little-Known Short Story by Franz Kafka

Returning to Riva: Close Reading a Little-Known Short Story by Franz Kafka

Daniel Heller-Roazen on Fleeting Narrators, Disappearing Text, and "The Hunter Gracchus"

By Daniel Heller-Roazen | March 26, 2021

P. Scott Cunningham on Miami's Poetry Scene

P. Scott Cunningham on Miami's Poetry Scene

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | March 26, 2021

Introducing Our Latest Podcast, <em>Finnegan and Friends</em>

Introducing Our Latest Podcast, Finnegan and Friends

A New Five-Part Series on the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | March 25, 2021

Cancellation or Consequences? Meredith Talusan and Matt Gallagher on Accountability in Literature

Cancellation or Consequences? Meredith Talusan and Matt Gallagher on Accountability in Literature

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell
on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 25, 2021

Poetic Language and the Science of Rediscovery in <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em>

Poetic Language and the Science of Rediscovery in One Hundred Years of Solitude

Angus Fletcher on What García Márquez Understood About Forgetting and Relearning

By Angus Fletcher | March 24, 2021

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<em>So Many Damn Books</em> Listeners Take the Mic to Recommend Their Faves

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17 new books to read outside in the sunshine.

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Why People Are Still Mad About Thomas Nagel's 1974 Essay,

Why People Are Still Mad About Thomas Nagel's 1974 Essay, "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"

This week on the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | March 23, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>The Broken Heart Of America</em> by Walter Johnson

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Broken Heart Of America by Walter Johnson

Stephanie Burt on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Stephanie Burt | March 23, 2021

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

Marco d'Eramo on Innocents Abroad, the Account of an Early Transatlantic Cruise

By Marco d'Eramo | March 22, 2021

Trilogies, Thrillers, and Sci-Fi: 5 Books You May Have <br>Missed in February

Trilogies, Thrillers, and Sci-Fi: 5 Books You May Have
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On Navigating a Polyglot’s Life Between Bangla and English

On Navigating a Polyglot’s Life Between Bangla and English

Saikat Majumdar Finds a Home for His Multilingual Identity on the Stage

By Saikat Majumdar | March 22, 2021

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