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Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

Some of Europe's Most Enduring, Complex Literary Works

By Roy Jacobsen | August 14, 2019

A Literature of Belonging: Stories of Real America

A Literature of Belonging: Stories of Real America

Abby Manzella Recommends Books by Sarah Broom,
Cristina Henríquez and More

By Abby Manzella | August 13, 2019

On the Gleefully Indecent Poems of a Medieval Welsh Feminist Poet

On the Gleefully Indecent Poems of a Medieval Welsh Feminist Poet

Gwerful Mechain, Author of Classics Like "Poem to the Vagina" and "Poem to the Penis"

By Lauren Cocking | August 9, 2019

11 Famous Writers on the Genius and Influence of Shirley Jackson

11 Famous Writers on the Genius and Influence of Shirley Jackson

"Misanthropy always goes down better with a sense of humor."

By Emily Temple | August 9, 2019

The Surreal, Virtual Worlds of Palestinian Science Fiction

The Surreal, Virtual Worlds of Palestinian Science Fiction

At the Intersection of Dystopia and Technology in Palestinian Life

By Bhakti Shringarpure | August 9, 2019

On the History (and Future) of YA and Speculative Fiction by Black Women

On the History (and Future) of YA and Speculative Fiction by Black Women

Stephanie Toliver on Not Deferring the Dream of Black Girls Being Represented in YASF

By Stephanie Toliver | August 8, 2019

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The Novel F. Scott Fitzgerald
Never Wrote

By Anne Margaret Daniel | August 7, 2019

We'll Always Have Paris: On the Enduring Appeal of Ex-Pat Lit

By Elliott Holt | August 7, 2019

Tope Folarin on the Misguided Urge to Carve the World Into Binaries

By Tope Folarin | August 7, 2019

What I Teach: Seven Titles From a High School Class on Trauma Literature

What I Teach: Seven Titles From a High School Class on Trauma Literature

Kate McQuade on Yaa Gyasi, Art Spiegelman, Tim O'Brien, and More

By Kate McQuade | August 6, 2019

One Another: An Essay About Sex, Reading, and Mary Ruefle

One Another: An Essay About Sex, Reading, and Mary Ruefle

Gunnhild Øyehaug: "That year of reading was a year of transformation."

By Gunnhild Øyehaug | August 6, 2019

Toward a Theory of the New Weird

Toward a Theory of the New Weird

Elvia Wilk on a Feminist Understanding of Eerie Fiction

By Elvia Wilk | August 5, 2019

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

On the 'Monstrous Development of Technology'

By Walter Benjamin | August 2, 2019

The Literal (and Figurative) Whiteness of<br> <em>Moby Dick</em>

The Literal (and Figurative) Whiteness of
Moby Dick

For Herman Melville, the Color White Could Be Horrifyingly Bleak

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 1, 2019

On Svetlana Alexievich: What Can a Book Do in the Face of War?

On Svetlana Alexievich: What Can a Book Do in the Face of War?

Rachel Seiffert Considers Last Witnesses

By Rachel Seiffert | August 1, 2019

The Encyclopedic Genius of<br> Melville's Masterpiece

The Encyclopedic Genius of
Melville's Masterpiece

On Moby Dick as a Way of Seeing the World

By Suzanne Conklin Akbari | August 1, 2019

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