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What Should Fiction Do?

What Should Fiction Do?

Bonnie Nazdam on the Limits of Cinematic Storytelling

By Bonnie Nadzam | July 26, 2016

Clive James on the Poetry of Kingsley Amis

Clive James on the Poetry of Kingsley Amis

As Talented a Poet as He Was a Novelist

By Clive James | July 25, 2016

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

On Works of Criticism by Cynthia Ozick, C.D. Wright, Teju Cole, and More

By Jonathan Russell Clark | July 21, 2016

What If I'm Actually a Character in a Larry McMurtry Novel?

What If I'm Actually a Character in a Larry McMurtry Novel?

On the Beautiful Losers of Texas, and Returning to Where You Came From

By Claudia Smith | July 20, 2016

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Matthew Cheney Remembers the Books That Helped Him Survive

By Matthew Cheney | July 20, 2016

On the Journals of Famous Writers

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