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Really, Here's Why You Should Read Proust

Really, Here's Why You Should Read Proust

Marcel Proust's Biographer Makes the Case

By William C. Carter | July 11, 2016

Oedipa Maas: Our Guide to Contemporary Paranoia

Oedipa Maas: Our Guide to Contemporary Paranoia

The Ongoing Relevance of Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, 50 Years Later

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 7, 2016

The Genius of William Shawn, and the Invention of <em>The New Yorker</em>

The Genius of William Shawn, and the Invention of The New Yorker

David Remnick on the Post-War Evolution of an American Literary Institution

By David Remnick | July 5, 2016

How Michael Herr Transcended New Journalism

How Michael Herr Transcended New Journalism

Robert Stone on Dispatches, Groundbreaking Reportage from the Vietnam War

By Robert Stone | June 28, 2016

What It Means To Be an Inclusive Literary Journal

What It Means To Be an Inclusive Literary Journal

Zinzi Clemmons on the Importance of Editors of Color

By Zinzi Clemmons | June 27, 2016

Writing Must Explore Its Relation To Power

Writing Must Explore Its Relation To Power

Robert Glück on the Beginnings of New Narrative

By Robert Glück | June 27, 2016

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On the Invisibility of Middle-Aged Women

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Dorthe Nors Writes Characters on the Verge of Disappearance

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Dead Dogs Are More Than Metaphors

Dead Dogs Are More Than Metaphors

On the Burden of Killing an Animal and the Stories That Take it For Granted

By Laura Lampton Scott | June 21, 2016

American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis

American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis

In Praise of a Great American Crime Writer

By Lisa Levy | June 17, 2016

The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature's Great Mysteries

The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature's Great Mysteries

Investigating One of Ulysses' Shady Characters

By Tyler Malone | June 16, 2016

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

On the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Jorge Luis Borges

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 14, 2016

How Hemingway's Bad Behavior Inspired a Generation

How Hemingway's Bad Behavior Inspired a Generation

"Hard-drinking, hard-fighting, hard-loving — all for art’s sake."

By Lesley M. M. Blume | June 7, 2016

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