FX’s <em>Great Expectations</em> Doesn’t Measure Up

FX’s Great Expectations Doesn’t Measure Up

Steven Knight’s Miniseries Makes Interesting Points About Empire and Womanhood, but They Get Lost in a Sea of Gratuitous Darkness

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 31, 2023

Anne Carson’s <em>Autobiography of Red</em> is Way Funnier Than You Remember

Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red is Way Funnier Than You Remember

Emily Temple Revisits a Masterpiece 25 Years Later

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2023

The 11 Best Book Covers of March

The 11 Best Book Covers of March

Here Be Monsters

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2023

Exit Strategies: So How Are You Supposed to End a Story?

Exit Strategies: So How Are You Supposed to End a Story?

Allegra Hyde on Fiction’s Favorite Endings

By Allegra Hyde | March 30, 2023

<em>The Big Door Prize</em> Masters the Art of Comedy-Spiked Pathos

The Big Door Prize Masters the Art of Comedy-Spiked Pathos

The Thoughtfully Compact M.O. Walsh Novel Balloons into Something Bigger (and Funnier) on the Small Screen

By Alexis Gunderson | March 30, 2023

Ayad Akhtar on the Expectations of Artists

Ayad Akhtar on the Expectations of Artists

The Keynote Address From Last Night's Whiting Awards Ceremony

By Ayad Akhtar | March 30, 2023

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Idra Novey: I Didn’t Want to Write an Obituary for Appalachia

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Clint Smith is Reading Now and Next

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"A graveside elegy on the edge of the burn pit that used to be—if only aspirationally—a democracy"

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Allegra Hyde Offers an Existential Pitch for Saving the Planet

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Untold Stories: A South Carolina Lowcountry Reading List

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Literary baby names ranked from least to most cringey.

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“Something Beyond Flatness On Paper.” On Creating the Cover For Carlo Rovelli’s Newest Book

“Something Beyond Flatness On Paper.” On Creating the Cover For Carlo Rovelli’s Newest Book

How Jason Booher’s Uses Color to Create Light

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On the Role of Children’s Books Within the Realm of Social Evolution

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“A child who feels scolded or lectured to is less apt to pay attention.”

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Kelly Link Reads from Her New Short Story Collection <em>White Cat, Black Dog</em>

Kelly Link Reads from Her New Short Story Collection White Cat, Black Dog

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | March 29, 2023

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