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The Meanest Things Vladimir Nabokov Said About Other Writers

The Meanest Things Vladimir Nabokov Said About Other Writers

"Many accepted authors simply do not exist for me."

By Emily Temple | April 20, 2018

It's Never Too Soon for Art (or Politics) About Trauma

It's Never Too Soon for Art (or Politics) About Trauma

Tom McAllister on Writing a Novel About a School Shooting

By Tom McAllister | April 20, 2018

<em>Silent Spring</em> is More than a Scientific Landmark: It's Literature

Silent Spring is More than a Scientific Landmark: It's Literature

On the Underrated Poetry of Rachel Carson's Masterpiece

By Rebecca Renner | April 20, 2018

The Bottomless Generosity of the Writer's Memoir

The Bottomless Generosity of the Writer's Memoir

On Alexander Chee, Leslie Jamison, and Writing About Writing

By Larissa Pham | April 18, 2018

What the Critics Are Saying About the New James Comey Book

What the Critics Are Saying About the New James Comey Book

These Are the Toxic Consequences of Lying

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Michelle Dean: The Problem With "Speaking for Women"

On Sisterhood and the Abstractions of Contemporary Feminism

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By Terese Svoboda | April 6, 2018

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Never Again Will You Have Nothing to Say at a Literary Dinner Party

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The Year in Trump Novel Pitches: An Agent's Lament

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On Moderata Fonte's Feminist Reimagining of 16th-Century Venice

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