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Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

Jonathan Russell Clark Traces the Evolution of a Pretty Depressing Character

By Jonathan Russell Clark | May 12, 2023

<em>The Five Devils</em> is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

The Five Devils is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

The Gothic Aesthetic Becomes Fertile Ground for Exploring Legacies of Homophobia, Colonialism, and Racism in France

By Laura Valenza | May 12, 2023

Jeff VanderMeer’s <em>Veniss Underground</em> Reveals the World by Breaking Its Boundaries

Jeff VanderMeer’s Veniss Underground Reveals the World by Breaking Its Boundaries

Charles Yu Reflects on a New Edition of Vandermeer's Powerfully Weird First Novel

By Charles Yu | May 11, 2023

Stephen Marche Explains Why Technologies Like ChatGPT Will Make Creators More Valuable Than Ever

Stephen Marche Explains Why Technologies Like ChatGPT Will Make Creators More Valuable Than Ever

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 11, 2023

The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s <em>Big Two-Hearted River</em>

The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River

“The burned landscape and the desolate swamp in that case could stand for a writer’s creative unconscious.”

By John N. Maclean | May 11, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Of new books by Tom Hanks, Emma Cline, Haruki Murukami, and More

By Book Marks | May 11, 2023

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Isabella Hammad on Finding Inspiration in Hamlet

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 11, 2023

A Kind of Mutuality: Christina Sharpe on the Importance of Regard

By The Maris Review | May 11, 2023

What We’re Reading at Just the Right Book This Week

By Just the Right Book | May 11, 2023

On Victorian Paleoart and the Birth of a Sci-Fi Novel

On Victorian Paleoart and the Birth of a Sci-Fi Novel

C. E. McGill Considers Frankenstein’s Monster and Gothic Sci-Fi

By C.E. McGill | May 10, 2023

How <em>Hamnet</em> the Play Rehabilitates Shakespeare’s Wife

How Hamnet the Play Rehabilitates Shakespeare’s Wife

Andrew Quintana Reviews a Dramatic Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Novel

By Andrew Quintana | May 10, 2023

Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

Jo Baker Recommends Jill Paton Walsh, Graham Greene, and More

By Jo Baker | May 10, 2023

Of Songs and Stories: What Bruce Springsteen Learned From Flannery O’Connor

Of Songs and Stories: What Bruce Springsteen Learned From Flannery O’Connor

Warren Zanes on the Literary Influences Underpinning Nebraska

By Warren Zanes | May 10, 2023

Who Was the Only Sitting President to Contribute to a Literary Journal?

Who Was the Only Sitting President to Contribute to a Literary Journal?

Nick Ripatrazone on the Poetic Aspirations of American Presidents

By Nick Ripatrazone | May 10, 2023

Dave Eggers: “The Freedom of the Artist Has to Be Absolute.”

Dave Eggers: “The Freedom of the Artist Has to Be Absolute.”

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 10, 2023

Joanne Harris Reads from Her New Thriller <em> Broken Light</em>

Joanne Harris Reads from Her New Thriller Broken Light

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By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | May 10, 2023

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