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Gatsby’s Lost Plaintiffs: On the Absurd Fiction of Legal Equality in America

Gatsby’s Lost Plaintiffs: On the Absurd Fiction of Legal Equality in America

Aron Solomon Looks at American Law Through a Jazz Age Lens

By Aron Solomon | June 24, 2025

5 Great Literary Mysteries Set in Coastal Massachusetts

5 Great Literary Mysteries Set in Coastal Massachusetts

Plus a Few More Where the Only Mystery is Who’s Sleeping With Whom

By Dwyer Murphy | June 24, 2025

Eurydice at 18: On the Off-Broadway Revival of Sarah Ruhl’s Beloved Play

Eurydice at 18: On the Off-Broadway Revival of Sarah Ruhl’s Beloved Play

Pamela Newton Considers the Impact of the ur-Ruhl Production

By Pamela Newton | June 24, 2025

Sibling Duos, Trios, Quartets, and More: Nine Stories and Folktales Featuring Sisters

Sibling Duos, Trios, Quartets, and More: Nine Stories and Folktales Featuring Sisters

Fran Littlewood Recommends Alison Espach, Katherine Mansfield, the Brothers Grimm, and Others

By Fran Littlewood | June 24, 2025

Hal Ebbott on Writing a Novel of Male Friendship

Hal Ebbott on Writing a Novel of Male Friendship

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Among Friends”

By Jane Ciabattari | June 24, 2025

Belle Starr! Agatha Christie! A reality-TV <em>Lord of the Flies</em>! 22 new books out today.

Belle Starr! Agatha Christie! A reality-TV Lord of the Flies! 22 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 24, 2025

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Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

By Benjamin Hale | June 23, 2025

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

By Ed Simon | June 23, 2025

“Fidelity to Both Pleasure and Humiliation.” On M.F.K. Fisher’s Feminist Realism

By Klara Feenstra | June 23, 2025

Diana Arterian on Agrippina the Younger, Writing Historical Women, and Poetry as Liberty

Diana Arterian on Agrippina the Younger, Writing Historical Women, and Poetry as Liberty

The Author of “Agrippina the Younger” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | June 23, 2025

Pep Talks That I Give to Authors That I Will Now Give to Myself

Pep Talks That I Give to Authors That I Will Now Give to Myself

In Which Maris Kreizman Attempts to Take Her Own Advice

By Maris Kreizman | June 20, 2025

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

From Kamila Shamsie’s English PEN Lecture

By Kamila Shamsie | June 20, 2025

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 Catherine Lacey, Michelle Huneven, ABBA, and More

By Book Marks | June 20, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“While reading ‘Next to Heaven,’ I sometimes thought I could feel individual cells in my body trying to die.”

By Book Marks | June 20, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Jen Calleja, Tezer Özlü, Georgi Gospodinov and More

By Diana Arterian | June 20, 2025

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Radha Vatsal on the Contemporary Echoes of Her Ancestor’s Groundbreaking 19th-Century Novel

By Radha Vatsal | June 20, 2025

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