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On David Foster Wallace's Obsession With Failure

On David Foster Wallace's Obsession With Failure

What Happens When Failure is the End Point?

By Ryan Lackey | February 21, 2019

Eula Biss:

Eula Biss: "A book I can’t defend, a book I can’t renounce."

Reflections on a Book and a Decade of Whiteness

By Eula Biss | February 20, 2019

On the Iconic First Line of <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em>

On the Iconic First Line of One Hundred Years of Solitude

Time Passes Differently in the Tropics

By Claire Adam | February 19, 2019

A Love Letter to Lovers of <em>Outlander</em>

A Love Letter to Lovers of Outlander

You Inhabit a Wild and Curious Planet

By Amanda Feinman | February 14, 2019

High Lonesome: A Dispatch from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

High Lonesome: A Dispatch from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Does the History of Western Poetry Begin with Sheep?

By Michael Ursell | February 13, 2019

On Kate Bush's Radical Interpretation of <em>Wuthering Heights</em>

On Kate Bush's Radical Interpretation of Wuthering Heights

Or, How to Teach English with a Music Video

By Brendan Mathews | February 13, 2019

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The Death of a Symbol: How Western Writers Exploit the Tiger

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Sense or Sensibility... What if Jane Austen Had to Choose?

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What Barry Jenkins Missed in His Adaptation of <em>If Beale Street Could Talk</em>

What Barry Jenkins Missed in His Adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk

Gabrielle Bellot Thinks James Baldwin Deserves Better

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 8, 2019

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Faulkner's <em>The Sound and the Fury</em>

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury

Harry Potter, you know?"">"This isn't Harry Potter, you know?"

By Emily Temple | February 8, 2019

On the Anxiety and Vanity of Marcel Proust, Debut Novelist

On the Anxiety and Vanity of Marcel Proust, Debut Novelist

World Wars Aren't Necessarily Bad for Groundbreaking Novel Cycles

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In Praise of the Difficult: On Marianne Moore, Defiant Poet of Complexity

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Empathy Exams: On Fictionalizing Extremists

Empathy Exams: On Fictionalizing Extremists

One Writer’s Activism is Another Writer’s Terrorism

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On Danticat, Camus, and the Art of Exile

On Danticat, Camus, and the Art of Exile

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When Even the Greatest of Writers Grapples with Self-Doubt

When Even the Greatest of Writers Grapples with Self-Doubt

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