Rebecca Solnit on Setting <em>Cinderella</em> Free for Contemporary Readers

Rebecca Solnit on Setting Cinderella Free for Contemporary Readers

A Classic Fairytale Rebuilt as a Working Class Liberation Story

By Rebecca Solnit | May 7, 2019

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

Patricia Dwyer Revisits the Spaces She Has Lost

By Patricia M. Dwyer | May 7, 2019

Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

What's Not to Love About Descriptions of Food and Strong Opinions About Poets?

By Gerður Kristný | May 7, 2019

What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

Nam Le on David Malouf and the Violence of World-Building

By Nam Le | May 6, 2019

On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

Because Guillotines and Eating the Rich Never Really Go Out of Style

By Tobias Carroll | May 3, 2019

Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

the integrity of her subject."">"She maintains her own integrity and she respects
the integrity of her subject."

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Sex and Sexability: On Writing Desire in the Regency Years

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Monster or Marvel? A Disabled Life in<br> a Superhero Universe

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William Faulkner's grudging, misogynistic fan letter to Anita Loos

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"I am still rather Victorian in my prejudices . . ."

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