Whatever Happened to the Ecstasy of Art?

Whatever Happened to the Ecstasy of Art?

Arts Policy, Like All Policy, is Now Dominated by the Language of Managerialism

By Jules Evans | December 6, 2017

The Other Invisibles of Ralph Ellison's <em>Invisible Man</em>

The Other Invisibles of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Gabrielle Bellot on the Othering of Caribbeans and Africans in America

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 1, 2017

The New Bad Girls of Contemporary Literature

The New Bad Girls of Contemporary Literature

How Myriam Gurba is Refreshing a Punk Confessional Tradition

By Ruby Brunton | December 1, 2017

As the World Ends, Has the Time for Grieving Arrived?

As the World Ends, Has the Time for Grieving Arrived?

Sue Sinclair on Poetry in the Age of a New Sadness

By Sue Sinclair | December 1, 2017

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

What, Exactly, Counts as Notable?

By Literary Hub | November 30, 2017

Beyond

Beyond "Lyric Shame": Ben Lerner on Claudia Rankine and Maggie Nelson

Two Fresh Investigations of the Prose Poem

By Ben Lerner | November 29, 2017

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Anne of Green Gables: Patron Saint of Girls Who Ask Too Many Questions

By J. Courtney Sullivan | November 28, 2017

The Promise and Disappointment of Virtual Reality

By Mark Riboldi | November 28, 2017

The Only Dissident Novel For Sale in Turkey

By Maureen Freely | November 28, 2017

What Really Happened to the Girls at Hanging Rock?

What Really Happened to the Girls at Hanging Rock?

Maile Meloy on a 50-Year Literary Mystery

By Maile Meloy | November 27, 2017

Justice for Maggie: On George Eliot's Most Underrated Heroine

Justice for Maggie: On George Eliot's Most Underrated Heroine

Maggie Tulliver Deserves Our Praise Just as Much as Dorothea Brooke

By Rachel Vorona Cote | November 22, 2017

Long Tables, Open Bottles, and Smoke: Hanging Out with Derek Walcott

Long Tables, Open Bottles, and Smoke: Hanging Out with Derek Walcott

Sven Birkerts on Literary Life in 1980s Boston, with a Trio of Great Poets

By Sven Birkerts | November 22, 2017

<em>Call Me By Your Name</em> is an Object Lesson in Adapting Interiority

Call Me By Your Name is an Object Lesson in Adapting Interiority

You must see this movie immediately

By Emily Temple | November 20, 2017

We Still Need the Morality Lessons of Philip Pullman

We Still Need the Morality Lessons of Philip Pullman

A Book for Young Readers Can Help Adults Learn How to Live

By Eric Thurm | November 20, 2017

Charles Bukowski Wrote So Fast His Publisher Couldn’t Keep Up

Charles Bukowski Wrote So Fast His Publisher Couldn’t Keep Up

On Trying to Get a Poet to Make Copies of His Poems

By Abel Debritto | November 17, 2017

Reclaiming a Beloved Writer from the Brink of Disappearance

Reclaiming a Beloved Writer from the Brink of Disappearance

There's Value in Telling Someone: You Are Not Vanished Here

By Beth Kephart | November 16, 2017

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