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In Defense of Psychoanalysis and Writing Freudian Fiction

In Defense of Psychoanalysis and Writing Freudian Fiction

Jessica Gross Goes Deep to Figure It All Out

By Jessica Gross | August 19, 2020

<em>Mrs. Bridge</em> Is a Perfect Novel. But How Does It Work?

Mrs. Bridge Is a Perfect Novel. But How Does It Work?

Unpacking an Underread American Classic

By Emily Temple | August 18, 2020

The Literature of Elder Care is Often About Shifting Power Dynamics

The Literature of Elder Care is Often About Shifting Power Dynamics

Ellyn Lem on Works by Shakespeare, Lauren Fox, and Others

By Ellyn A. Lem | August 17, 2020

Finding Catharsis in the Story <br>of a Family Betrayal

Finding Catharsis in the Story
of a Family Betrayal

Darin Strauss on the Line Between Novel and Mythic Memoir

By Darin Strauss | August 17, 2020

Does Every Country Need to Have Its Own Sylvia Plath?

Does Every Country Need to Have Its Own Sylvia Plath?

Rhian Sasseen on the Inescapability of Plath for Female Writers

By Rhian Sasseen | August 17, 2020

Can the Essay Still Surprise Us?

Can the Essay Still Surprise Us?

Suzanne Conklin Akbari Rethinks a Eurocentric Tradition

By Suzanne Conklin Akbari | August 14, 2020

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Black Lives Matter in the Public Theater’s Much Ado About Nothing

By Arsh Dhillon, Phillip Michalak, Bernadette Looney, Sonia Kangaju, and Charles Onesti | August 14, 2020

John Giorno: Fighting the Battle of Gay Liberation in a Homophobic World

By Mark Dery | August 14, 2020

How the Corvette Helped Create Southern California Cool

By Peter Lunenfeld | August 13, 2020

Nathalie Sarraute: Between Genders and Genres

Nathalie Sarraute: Between Genders and Genres

Ann Jefferson on the Author's Early Tropisms

By Ann Jefferson | August 13, 2020

Yearning for My Grandmother Muriel Rukeyser (and Grappling With Her Legacy)

Yearning for My Grandmother Muriel Rukeyser (and Grappling With Her Legacy)

Rebecca Rukeyser Confronts the History of Her Own Family

By Rebecca Rukeyser | August 12, 2020

Cree LeFavour on the Pleasures of the Limitless Reread

Cree LeFavour on the Pleasures of the Limitless Reread

The Author of Private Means Recommends Her Favorite Books to Revisit

By Cree LeFavour | August 12, 2020

40 Hamlets, Ranked

40 Hamlets, Ranked

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

By Emily Temple | August 11, 2020

The Racist History of Celebrating the American Tomboy

The Racist History of Celebrating the American Tomboy

Lisa Selin Davis on the Endless Privileges Accorded to White Girls

By Lisa Selin Davis | August 11, 2020

When One Doctor-Turned-Novelist Reads Another

When One Doctor-Turned-Novelist Reads Another

Dr. Melanie Cheng Revisits the Fiction of Jacinta Halloran

By Melanie Cheng | August 11, 2020

My Father: The Genius, The Poet, Richard Eberhart

My Father: The Genius, The Poet, Richard Eberhart

Gretchen Cherington on Growing Up Surrounded by Great Thinkers

By Gretchen Cherington | August 7, 2020

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