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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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What, after all, is a truly verifiable or “authentic” image?

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Franz Kafka, the Ultimate Self-Doubting Writer

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The Queer Literary Origins of Wonder Woman

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From Homer and Sappho to Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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At a Sword Fight with a Modern-Day Swashbuckler (in a Harlem Basement)

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By Dwyer Murphy | June 1, 2017

Why Are We So Afraid of Female Desire?

Why Are We So Afraid of Female Desire?

On Sex and Moral Panic, from the Victorians to the Hays Code

By Carol Dyhouse | June 1, 2017

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