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Not My Sherlock

Not My Sherlock

A Sherlock Holmes Expert on “The Six Thatchers” and the Perils of Reinvention

By Brittany Cavallaro | January 4, 2017

Resistance Lit: Meg Waite Clayton on Markus Zusak’s <em>The Book Thief</em>

Resistance Lit: Meg Waite Clayton on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief

The NBCC Wants to Know What Resistance Lit You Turn To

By Literary Hub | January 4, 2017

Resistance Lit: Jonathan Lethem and T.J. Stiles

Resistance Lit: Jonathan Lethem and T.J. Stiles

The NBCC Reads Asks Writers for their Resistance Reads

By Literary Hub | January 3, 2017

Five Books Making News This Week: Sugar, Satire, and Short Fiction

Five Books Making News This Week: Sugar, Satire, and Short Fiction

Gary Taubes, Aravind Adiga, Roxane Gay, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | January 3, 2017

In Memory of George Michael, In Praise of Mistakes

In Memory of George Michael, In Praise of Mistakes

On the True Meaning of Freedom

By Tyler Malone | December 29, 2016

The Year in Single Women

The Year in Single Women

And Why the Woman's Quest May Succeed the Marriage Plot

By Tara Wanda Merrigan | December 27, 2016

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Getting Lost in William Trevor's Private World

Getting Lost in William Trevor's Private World

D. Wystan Owen on the Haunting Intimacy of Trevor's Short Fiction

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Basking in Shirley Hazzard's Pure, Cold Light

Basking in Shirley Hazzard's Pure, Cold Light

Mary Duffy Remembers the Shimmering Crispness of Hazzard's Prose

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What Counts As Transgender Literature?

What Counts As Transgender Literature?

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