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How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves

How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves

Repackaging the Patternist Series for the Mother of Afrofuturism

By Elizabeth Connor | December 15, 2020

On the Glory Days of the Great <br>American Trade Paperback

On the Glory Days of the Great
American Trade Paperback

Gerald Howard on the Start of an Era

By Gerald Howard | December 15, 2020

The Restless Ghost Stories <br>of M. R. James

The Restless Ghost Stories
of M. R. James

Adam Scovell on Visiting the Writer's Grave

By Adam Scovell | December 15, 2020

Who is the Narrator of Marcel Proust's <em>In Search of Lost Time</em>?

Who is the Narrator of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time?

Saul Friedländer on the Many Functions of the Most Elusive
Figure in French Literature

By Saul Friedländer | December 15, 2020

On Sylvia Plath's Use of Tastelessness in <em>Ariel</em>

On Sylvia Plath's Use of Tastelessness in Ariel

Elisa Gabbert Talks to Sandra Newman and
Catherine Nichols on Lit Century

By Lit Century | December 15, 2020

The Best Reviewed Fiction <br>of 2020

The Best Reviewed Fiction
of 2020

Featuring Jenny Offill, Garth Greenwell, Hillary Mantel, Elena Ferrante, and more

By Book Marks | December 15, 2020

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Why Ernest Hemingway Makes a Great Subject for
Comic Book Artists

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What Can Fiction Do That Oral Histories Cannot?

What Can Fiction Do That Oral Histories Cannot?

Mauro Javier Cárdenas on Transcribing Life Into His Novel, Aphasia

By Mauro Javier Cárdenas | December 14, 2020

To Read or Not to Read Proust's <em>Swann's Way</em>

To Read or Not to Read Proust's Swann's Way

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | December 14, 2020

The Best Reviewed Poetry <br>Collections of 2020

The Best Reviewed Poetry
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The Top 10 Most Totally Metal<br> Books of 2020

The Top 10 Most Totally Metal
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Bookseller Extraordinaire Keaton Patterson Pairs Great Books
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Mary Gaitskill on Love, Violence, and Submission in <em>Agaat</em>

Mary Gaitskill on Love, Violence, and Submission in Agaat

A Novel of Apartheid-Era South Africa

By Mary Gaitskill | December 11, 2020

Will All Crime Novels Soon Be Historical Fiction?

Will All Crime Novels Soon Be Historical Fiction?

The Literary Disco Crew Discusses Scott O'Connor's Zero Zone

By Literary Disco | December 11, 2020

The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2020

The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2020

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