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Not Everyone Loves Proust

Not Everyone Loves Proust

Crushingly dull. Rather infantile. A mental defective?

By Emily Temple | July 10, 2018

Lyn Hejinian: Everything is Imminent in Anything

Lyn Hejinian: Everything is Imminent in Anything

An Essay on Fending Off Chaos

By Lyn Hejinian | July 5, 2018

Holden Caulfield: Egotistical Whiner or Melancholy Boy Genius?

Holden Caulfield: Egotistical Whiner or Melancholy Boy Genius?

From Jesus-Figure to Incestuous Impulses, 13 Critics Weigh In

By Emily Temple | July 2, 2018

Will a Woman Writer Win Italy's Strega Prize This Year?

Will a Woman Writer Win Italy's Strega Prize This Year?

Since First Awarded in 1947, Only 10 Women Have Won It

By Jeanne Bonner | July 2, 2018

Why James Baldwin Went to the South and What It Meant to Him

Why James Baldwin Went to the South and What It Meant to Him

"Everybody Else was Paying Their Dues, and it was Time I Went Home and Paid Mine"

By Ed Pavlić | June 29, 2018

The Enduring Enigma of Véra Nabokov

The Enduring Enigma of Véra Nabokov

Why We Can't Stop Trying to Figure Her Out, in Fiction and Biography

By Miranda Popkey | June 28, 2018

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By Richard Flanagan | June 21, 2018

A Close Reading of the 'Censored' Passages of The Picture of Dorian Gray

By Emily Temple | June 20, 2018

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On the Queer, Modernist Classic Nightwood

By Ruth Joffre | June 18, 2018

<em>Havoc</em>: A Cynical (and Personal) Portrayal of Alcoholism

Havoc: A Cynical (and Personal) Portrayal of Alcoholism

On Tom Kristensen's Novel of Cocktails, Chaos, and Dancing

By Morten Høi Jensen | June 18, 2018

Penelope Lively on Virginia Woolf: Serious Gardener?

Penelope Lively on Virginia Woolf: Serious Gardener?

On the Rich Landscapes of To the Lighthouse and "Kew Gardens"

By Penelope Lively | June 14, 2018

The 1961 Novel That Makes a Great Case for Moviegoing

The 1961 Novel That Makes a Great Case for Moviegoing

On Walker Percy's The Moviegoer

By Nick Ripatrazone | June 14, 2018

Stephen King: Master of Almost All the Genres Except

Stephen King: Master of Almost All the Genres Except "Literary"

From Horror to Fantasy to Feel-Good, He's Everywhere

By Douglas E. Cowan | June 13, 2018

A Conflicted Feminist Revenge Fantasy for the #MeToo Era

A Conflicted Feminist Revenge Fantasy for the #MeToo Era

Dietland Has Teeth. So Why Is it Afraid to Use Them?

By Eric Thurm | June 5, 2018

Why is <em>Bad Behavior</em> So Good?

Why is Bad Behavior So Good?

Mary Gaitskill's Debut Collection Turns 30

By Emily Temple | June 4, 2018

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