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Seamus Heaney on William Wordsworth's One Big Truth

Seamus Heaney on William Wordsworth's One Big Truth

An Indispensable Figure in the Evolution of Modern Writing

By Seamus Heaney | August 30, 2016

How a Self-Published Writer of Gay Erotica Beat Sci-Fi's Sad Puppies at their Own Game

How a Self-Published Writer of Gay Erotica Beat Sci-Fi's Sad Puppies at their Own Game

And What it Taught Me About Pushing through Writer's Block

By M. Sophia Newman | August 26, 2016

Why Can't Irish Writers Escape the Sea?

Why Can't Irish Writers Escape the Sea?

Brendan Mac Evilly Goes in Search of a Nice Spot to Swim

By Brendan Mac Evilly | August 26, 2016

In Defense of Trash

In Defense of Trash

Why Pleasures Should Never Be Guilty, From Valley of the Dolls to Bonkbusters

By Lisa Levy | August 25, 2016

A Masterpiece of Latin American Literature Finally Appears in English

A Masterpiece of Latin American Literature Finally Appears in English

Antonio di Benedetto's Zama is Here

By Esther Allen | August 23, 2016

You're Probably Misreading Robert Frost's Most Famous Poem

You're Probably Misreading Robert Frost's Most Famous Poem

On the Many Tricks and Contradictions of "The Road Not Taken"

By David Orr | August 18, 2016

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By Literary Hub | August 17, 2016

On Xie Hong, Master of Chinese Unreality

By Hal Swindall | August 15, 2016

The Dark Side of Office Life

By Tobias Carroll | August 12, 2016

"Poems R Just Less Popular Memes"

On the Lines and Lyrics That Stick in Our Minds

By Carina del Valle Schorske | August 11, 2016

The Moral Arc of N.K. Jemisin's Universe Bends Toward Apocalypse

The Moral Arc of N.K. Jemisin's Universe Bends Toward Apocalypse

Bringing a Radical Sensibility to a Conservative Genre

By Noah Berlatsky | August 11, 2016

Black Protest Writing, From W.E.B. DuBois to Kendrick Lamar

Black Protest Writing, From W.E.B. DuBois to Kendrick Lamar

Precious Rasheeda Muhammad on a Rich Tradition of Literary Resistance

By Precious Rasheeda Muhammad | August 10, 2016

Walking a Mile in Daniel Boone's Moccasins

Walking a Mile in Daniel Boone's Moccasins

How a Vegetarian Canadian Took On the Voice of an American Legend

By Alix Hawley | August 1, 2016

What <em>The Last Samurai</em> Reveals About American Literary Culture

What The Last Samurai Reveals About American Literary Culture

On Literary Provincialism and the Importance of Translation

By Christina Farella | July 29, 2016

Women Crime Writers Are Not a Fad

Women Crime Writers Are Not a Fad

And Megan Abbott is Here to Prove It

By Lisa Levy | July 29, 2016

What Should Fiction Do?

What Should Fiction Do?

Bonnie Nazdam on the Limits of Cinematic Storytelling

By Bonnie Nadzam | July 26, 2016

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