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The History of Romance Novels, a Billion-Dollar Industry

The History of Romance Novels, a Billion-Dollar Industry

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | November 9, 2020

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

Emily Van Duyne on Loving, and Misunderstanding, an Icon

By Emily Van Duyne | November 6, 2020

Leanne Hall Examines Her Problematic Childhood Fave

Leanne Hall Examines Her Problematic Childhood Fave

On Forming Intense Friendships with Fictional Characters

By Leanne Hall | November 6, 2020

Elisa Wouk Almino on Beloved Brazilian Poet <br>Ana Cristina Cesar

Elisa Wouk Almino on Beloved Brazilian Poet
Ana Cristina Cesar

A Writer in Search of "the Tyranny of Inspiration.”

By Elisa Wouk Almino | November 6, 2020

P. Djèlí Clark Imagines the Monstrous Creation of the Second Ku Klux Klan

P. Djèlí Clark Imagines the Monstrous Creation of the Second Ku Klux Klan

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 6, 2020

A Brief History of Citational Fiction and the Literary Supercut

A Brief History of Citational Fiction and the Literary Supercut

Tom Comitta on the Stigmas and Innovations of Reappropriation

By Tom Comitta | November 5, 2020

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The First Mughal Emperor's Towering Account of Exile, Bloody Conquest, and the Natural World

By William Dalrymple | November 5, 2020

What We Talk About When We Talk About This Title Format

By Fiona Bell | November 4, 2020

On Female Friendship and Transgression in Nella Larsen's Passing

By Lit Century | November 3, 2020

Becoming a Zoom Typewriter Poet for Hire

Becoming a Zoom Typewriter Poet for Hire

Brian Sonia-Wallace on Finding Unlikely Work with a Multinational Tech Company

By Brian Sonia-Wallace | November 3, 2020

On Carl Hiaasen, Florida Childhoods, and Catching Alligators

On Carl Hiaasen, Florida Childhoods, and Catching Alligators

This Week on The NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | November 3, 2020

Gabriel García Márquez: On Taking Writers at Their Word

Gabriel García Márquez: On Taking Writers at Their Word

Not Exactly Against Interpretation, But Close

By Gabriel García Márquez | November 2, 2020

George Orwell's <em>1984</em> is Always Just Around the Corner

George Orwell's 1984 is Always Just Around the Corner

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | November 2, 2020

How Scary Are Ghost Stories in This Pandemic Year of Wildfires, Hurricanes, and Police Violence?

How Scary Are Ghost Stories in This Pandemic Year of Wildfires, Hurricanes, and Police Violence?

M. Dressler on What Gothic Novels and Speculative Literature Can Teach Us About Life Right Now

By M Dressler | October 30, 2020

Adaptations Within Adaptations: How the Writer Anna Kavan Ends Up in Charlie Kaufman's Latest Film

Adaptations Within Adaptations: How the Writer Anna Kavan Ends Up in Charlie Kaufman's Latest Film

Tobias Carroll on the Postmodernist Fancies of
I’m Thinking of Ending Things

By Tobias Carroll | October 30, 2020

Ghosts, Demons, and Depression: Writers and Their Many Hauntings

Ghosts, Demons, and Depression: Writers and Their Many Hauntings

Claire Cronin on the Literary Fixation on the Supernatural

By Claire Cronin | October 30, 2020

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