Seeing the Hopeful Side of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Seeing the Hopeful Side of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Megan Hunter Wonders What It Is We Crave About the End of the World

By Megan Hunter | November 8, 2017

How the KKK Shaped Modern Comic Book Superheroes

How the KKK Shaped Modern Comic Book Superheroes

Masked Men Who Take the Law into Their Own Hands

By Chris Gavaler | November 3, 2017

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

"Worse Than a State Indifferent to Poetry was One Obsessed With It"

By Martin Puchner | November 2, 2017

Finding Refuge in a Queer Vampire Novella

Finding Refuge in a Queer Vampire Novella

Gabrielle Bellot on the Unsung Classic That Made Her Feel Less Alone

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 1, 2017

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

A Brief History of Gore, Splatter, and the Art of Fake Blood

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2017

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

A Legendary French Critic Weighs in on "a book to laugh at and then forget."

By Eric Chevillard | October 30, 2017

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The Many Faces of Sylvia Plath

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Jean Rhys Had to Leave Her Home to Truly See It

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By Eleanor Stanford | October 24, 2017

Currybooks: On Authenticity and Our Expectations of South Asian Writers

Currybooks: On Authenticity and Our Expectations of South Asian Writers

Diasporic Writers Have to Play Both Tourist and Tour Guide

By Naben Ruthnum | October 23, 2017

How the Oldest Stories Can Give Us the Best Perspective

How the Oldest Stories Can Give Us the Best Perspective

On War, Troy, and the Slow Time of Classic Literature

By Veronica Esposito | October 23, 2017

On Borders, White Space, and Saying the Unsayable

On Borders, White Space, and Saying the Unsayable

"A Poem’s Virtue is in its Lament Against Powerlessness"

By Sasha Pimentel | October 20, 2017

When Climate Change Comes for the Fairy Tale Forest

When Climate Change Comes for the Fairy Tale Forest

What Else is Lost When an Iconic Landscape is Destroyed?

By Olivia Campbell | October 19, 2017

Octavia Butler: The Brutalities of the Past Are All Around This

Octavia Butler: The Brutalities of the Past Are All Around This

Gabrielle Bellot on a Writer Who Changed Her Life

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 17, 2017

14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors

14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors

"I got a little bored after a time. I mean, the road seemed to be awfully long."

By Emily Temple | October 16, 2017

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