How Domesticity is at the Heart of the Novel

How Domesticity is at the Heart of the Novel

On What It Is to Write About Everyday Life

By Tessa Hadley | January 16, 2019

This Science Fiction Novelist Created a Feminist Language from Scratch

This Science Fiction Novelist Created a Feminist Language from Scratch

There's Even a Word For Emotional Labor!

By Rebecca Romney | January 15, 2019

A Brief History of Children's Books: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

A Brief History of Children's Books: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Jennifer Traig on the Bizarre Violence of Early Kid Lit

By Jennifer Traig | January 14, 2019

The Virtue of Giddiness in Art

The Virtue of Giddiness in Art

Rosie Haward on Desire and Dizziness, from Bernini to Adjani

By Rosie Haward | January 14, 2019

An Unnecessarily Close Reading of <em>That</em> Scene in <em>Portnoy's Complaint</em>

An Unnecessarily Close Reading of That Scene in Portnoy's Complaint

Chopped Meat Through the Kosher Grinder

By Emily Temple | January 11, 2019

How Do You Set James Joyce’s Most Famous Story on the Stage?

How Do You Set James Joyce’s Most Famous Story on the Stage?

Feasting with the Ghosts of “The Dead”

By Leslie Pariseau | January 10, 2019

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Reading Feminist Futurism in the Age of the “Female” Virtual Assistant

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On Dickens’ Demons and Weird Relationship with Christmas

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What Happened to the Original Version of <em>The Waste Land</em>?

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Can the Establishment Embrace its Critics?

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