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Isaac Bashevis Singer on the Particular Wonders of Writing<br> in Yiddish

Isaac Bashevis Singer on the Particular Wonders of Writing
in Yiddish

An Iconic American Writer on an Oft-Misunderstood Language

By Isaac Bashevis Singer | January 22, 2020

Wordsworth: Caught in the Act of Making Poetry!

Wordsworth: Caught in the Act of Making Poetry!

Adam Nicolson on the Friendship Between Coleridge and Wordsworth

By Adam Nicolson | January 21, 2020

The Emotional Aftershocks of Alice Adams' Most Celebrated Work

The Emotional Aftershocks of Alice Adams' Most Celebrated Work

On Families and Survivors: "I know it will be hard for you to read."

By Carol Sklenicka | January 21, 2020

On Contemporary Minimalism's Maximal Lies

On Contemporary Minimalism's Maximal Lies

Andru Okun Reads Kyle Chayka, Jenny Odell, and Oli Mould

By Andru Okun | January 17, 2020

The Enigma of Delmore Schwartz, the Luminous Poet Who Fell From Grace

The Enigma of Delmore Schwartz, the Luminous Poet Who Fell From Grace

Schwartz's Supporters Compared Him to Eliot, Pound, and Auden

By Ben Mazer | January 17, 2020

Talking Poetry and Porn with Garth Greenwell in a West Village Bar

Talking Poetry and Porn with Garth Greenwell in a West Village Bar

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On the Birth of the Economist Class and the Untaming of Corporations

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Finding the Literature I Needed Everywhere But University

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How Edith Wharton's Novel of New York High Society Speaks to Class Divisions Today

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"Part of me wishes I had never pursued her."

By Merve Emre | January 14, 2020

My Novel Centered on the Eliot-Hale Letters. Now, We Can Read Them

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J.M. Barrie's Handwritten Manuscript of <em>Peter Pan</em>

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