In Life as in Mythology, Greece is a Place of Frustrated Migrations

In Life as in Mythology, Greece is a Place of Frustrated Migrations

Matteo Nucci on Odysseus, the Greco-Turkish War, and the Plight of Modern Refugees

By Matteo Nucci | August 24, 2020

Benjamin Nugent on Writing About Male Privilege After #MeToo

Benjamin Nugent on Writing About Male Privilege After #MeToo

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Dear <em>Catcher in the Rye</em>: <br>A Love Letter

Dear Catcher in the Rye:
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Mary O’Connell on Her Favorite Book and Its Conflicted Legacy

By Mary O'Connell | August 21, 2020

13 Ways of Looking at Flash Fiction

13 Ways of Looking at Flash Fiction

Grant Faulkner on the Infinite Possibilities of Brevity

By Grant Faulkner | August 21, 2020

How Dante Alighieri Invented Italy

How Dante Alighieri Invented Italy

On the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | August 21, 2020

Growing Up With Ray Bradbury's Ghost in Waukegan, Illinois

Growing Up With Ray Bradbury's Ghost in Waukegan, Illinois

Colleen Abel on the Inescapable Distortions of Childhood Nostalgia

By Colleen Abel | August 21, 2020

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Jessica Gross Goes Deep to Figure It All Out

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The Literature of Elder Care is Often About Shifting Power Dynamics

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Finding Catharsis in the Story <br>of a Family Betrayal

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Darin Strauss on the Line Between Novel and Mythic Memoir

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Does Every Country Need to Have Its Own Sylvia Plath?

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Rhian Sasseen on the Inescapability of Plath for Female Writers

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Can the Essay Still Surprise Us?

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