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Who Cares What Straight People Think?

Who Cares What Straight People Think?

Brandon Taylor on the Uncertain State of Queer Narratives

By Brandon Taylor | July 11, 2017

Who Will Tell the Tales of American Fascism?

Who Will Tell the Tales of American Fascism?

On the Truth-Telling of Roberto Bolaño

By Veronica Esposito | July 11, 2017

Why Are We So Unwilling to Take Sylvia Plath at Her Word?

Why Are We So Unwilling to Take Sylvia Plath at Her Word?

New Letters Alleging Abuse are Only Shocking if You Haven't Been Listening

By Emily Van Duyne | July 11, 2017

Dystopia <em>is</em> Realism: The Future Is Here if You Look Closely

Dystopia is Realism: The Future Is Here if You Look Closely

Christopher Brown on How the Best Science Fiction Remixes the Present

By Christopher Brown | July 10, 2017

Tessa Hadley on Alice Munro Reading

Tessa Hadley on Alice Munro Reading "Differently"

"A Little More Abrasive, Buoyant... Defiant?"

By Tessa Hadley | July 10, 2017

Writing in the Shadow of a Masterpiece: On Homage

Writing in the Shadow of a Masterpiece: On Homage

Margot Livesy Celebrates the Joy and Anxiety of Literary Borrowing

By Margot Livesy | July 5, 2017

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Systemic Cruelty, Mass Sadism, and Reading "The Lottery" in 2017

By Emily Temple | June 27, 2017

Was Jane Eyre Written as a Secret Love Letter?

By John Pfordresher | June 26, 2017

On a Wonderful, Beautiful, Almost Failed Sentence By Virginia Woolf

By Brian Dillon | June 21, 2017

To Catch the Conscience of the President: On the Power of Theater

To Catch the Conscience of the President: On the Power of Theater

How We Retell our Stories, From Shakespeare to Beckett to Anne Washburn

By Veronica Esposito | June 20, 2017

Tolerance and Islamophobia in 16th-Century Spain, Not So Different from Now

Tolerance and Islamophobia in 16th-Century Spain, Not So Different from Now

Matthew Carr Moves from Nonfiction to Fiction in Exploring Muslim Spain

By Matthew Carr | June 19, 2017

In Grief, Joan Didion's Move From Fiction to Memoir

In Grief, Joan Didion's Move From Fiction to Memoir

David Ulin on Moving from Journalism to Fiction to Memoir

By David L. Ulin | June 15, 2017

Wallace Shawn: How Should a Person Be?

Wallace Shawn: How Should a Person Be?

On Revenge, Punishment, Bravery, and Cowardice

By Wallace Shawn | June 13, 2017

Embrace Your Monstrous Flesh: On Women's Bodies in Horror

Embrace Your Monstrous Flesh: On Women's Bodies in Horror

"Horror films offer a fantasy space for women whose bodies betray them"

By Rebecca Harkins-Cross | June 8, 2017

Is Richard Brautigan's Most Famous Novel a Minor Masterpiece or Naive Relic?

Is Richard Brautigan's Most Famous Novel a Minor Masterpiece or Naive Relic?

Trout Fishing in America Turns 50: Is it a True American Classic?

By Nick Ripatrazone | June 7, 2017

On the Generosity of Gwendolyn Brooks, 100 Years Later

On the Generosity of Gwendolyn Brooks, 100 Years Later

Remembering the poet and literary philanthropist

By Matt St. John | June 7, 2017

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