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The Geology of Misery: What Philip Larkin and Ted Lasso (and Science) Tell Us About Trauma

The Geology of Misery: What Philip Larkin and Ted Lasso (and Science) Tell Us About Trauma

On Breaking the Cycle of Individual and Collective Dehumanization

By Catherine Buni | September 11, 2023

Maaheen Ahmed on the Dynamism of Comics

Maaheen Ahmed on the Dynamism of Comics

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 11, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles by Zadie Smith, Stephen King, Maria Bamford, and More

By Book Marks | September 8, 2023

Porochista Khakpour on the Unrelatable Brilliance of Alison Rose's <em>Better Than Sane</em>

Porochista Khakpour on the Unrelatable Brilliance of Alison Rose's Better Than Sane

"She isn’t interested in your ability to feel for her much less comprehend her."

By Porochista Khakpour | September 7, 2023

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

Emma Staffaroni on the End of a (Problematic) Fairy Tale

By Emma Staffaroni | September 7, 2023

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 7, 2023

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Myriam Gurba on Writing the Visceral

By The Maris Review | September 7, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | September 7, 2023

A Fearless, Free, Literary Space: On Writers' Diaries

By Isabella Trimboli | September 6, 2023

Toward Black Wonder: How Nicole Sealey Makes Erasure a New Way of Seeing

Toward Black Wonder: How Nicole Sealey Makes Erasure a New Way of Seeing

Safiya Sinclair on Ferguson Report: An Erasure

By Safiya Sinclair | September 6, 2023

Elaine Equi on Poetry as a Spiritual Practice and a Universal Language

Elaine Equi on Poetry as a Spiritual Practice and a Universal Language

"In poems, we converse and commune with the zeitgeist or spirit of the age."

By Elaine Equi | September 5, 2023

Is <em>The Lord of the Rings</em> a Work of Modernism?

Is The Lord of the Rings a Work of Modernism?

Nick Groom Considers Tolkien as Metafiction

By Nick Groom | September 5, 2023

The Booker Revisited: On Love's Many Manifestations in <em>A Green Equinox</em>

The Booker Revisited: On Love's Many Manifestations in A Green Equinox

Lucy Scholes Sheds Light On Elizabeth Mavor's Overlooked Modern Classic

By Lucy Scholes | September 1, 2023

A Month of Poetic Acrobatics: 7 New Poetry Books to Read in September

A Month of Poetic Acrobatics: 7 New Poetry Books to Read in September

Featuring Quan Barry, Ariana Benson, Saskia Hamilton, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | September 1, 2023

How <em>The Odyssey</em> Helped My Father and Me to Grow

How The Odyssey Helped My Father and Me to Grow

Daniel Mendelsohn on His Father and Making Lessons That Live On

By Daniel Mendelsohn | September 1, 2023

A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

Jill Talbot on the Transformative Experience of Reading Rebecca Stead, Cheryl Strayed, Durga Chew-Bose, and More

By Jill Talbot | September 1, 2023

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