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For Elena Ferrante, What Distinguishes Conventional Male and Female Friendships?

For Elena Ferrante, What Distinguishes Conventional Male and Female Friendships?

The Liberating Messiness of the Neapolitan Quartet Friendship

By Tiziana de Rogatis | December 17, 2019

Finding Nuance and Much-Needed Relief in the Writing of Bharati Mukherjee

Finding Nuance and Much-Needed Relief in the Writing of Bharati Mukherjee

Mira Jacob on Reading Jasmine

By Mira Jacob | December 17, 2019

For John Berger, the Time We Feel Most Deeply Can't Be Kept on a Clock

For John Berger, the Time We Feel Most Deeply Can't Be Kept on a Clock

Gabrielle Bellot on Berger's Final Collaboration

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 16, 2019

Michael Frank on the Hard Work of Waiting and Making it to the Other Side

Michael Frank on the Hard Work of Waiting and Making it to the Other Side

In Conversation with Will Schwalbe on But That's Another Story

By But That's Another Story | December 16, 2019

The Rise of the Downfall of <br>the Dirtbag Heiress

The Rise of the Downfall of
the Dirtbag Heiress

Chelsea Davis on a Uniquely American Obsession

By Chelsea Davis | December 13, 2019

Rereading the Master of<br> 'Dying Teen' Lit

Rereading the Master of
'Dying Teen' Lit

Katy Hershberger Considers Lurlene McDaniel and the
Allure of a Problematic Genre

By Katy Hershberger | December 12, 2019

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Virginia Woolf's Mother Haunts
Much of Her Writing

By Gillian Gill | December 12, 2019

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By Stewart Sinclair | December 12, 2019

Revelation and Return: Sixty Years of Grace Paley’s The Little Disturbances of Man

By Justin Taylor | December 11, 2019

A Brief Contemporary History of Nairobi's Literary House Parties

A Brief Contemporary History of Nairobi's Literary House Parties

Carey Baraka on the Formation of a Vibrant Intellectual Scene

By Carey Baraka | December 11, 2019

How Cleanliness and Beauty Became Intertwined<br> in the 18th Century

How Cleanliness and Beauty Became Intertwined
in the 18th Century

Peter Ward on the Rise of Self-Help, the Literature of
Advice, and More

By Peter Ward | December 11, 2019

The Makings of Grace Paley: Writer, Activist, Feminist

The Makings of Grace Paley: Writer, Activist, Feminist

Judith Arcana on the Writer's Upbringing, Marriage, Motherhood, and Career

By Judith Arcana | December 11, 2019

The Light As She Saw It: On Sitting in Emily Dickinson's Bedroom

The Light As She Saw It: On Sitting in Emily Dickinson's Bedroom

Poetic Power of Place ">Biographer Julie Dobrow on "Footstepping" and the
Poetic Power of Place

By Julie Dobrow | December 11, 2019

Recognizing the Enduring Whiteness of Jane Austen

Recognizing the Enduring Whiteness of Jane Austen

Marcos Gonsalez on Diversifying Our Readings of the Canon

By Marcos Gonsalez | December 11, 2019

How to Write with Optimism About Nature<br> (in a Time of Disaster)

How to Write with Optimism About Nature
(in a Time of Disaster)

Tobias Carroll on Books by Isabella Tree, Marc Hamer,
and Tim Robinson

By Tobias Carroll | December 11, 2019

Siri Hustvedt on Panpsychism’s Shifting Foundations

Siri Hustvedt on Panpsychism’s Shifting Foundations

Considering Philip Goff’s Galileo’s Error: Foundations of a New Science of Consciousness

By Siri Hustvedt | December 10, 2019

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