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On the Most Adapted Ghost Story of All Time

On the Most Adapted Ghost Story of All Time

Adam Scovell Looks Into the Cinematic Appeal of Henry James’s Turn of the Screw

By Adam Scovell | December 20, 2021

Zahia Rahmani on Discovering Ursula K. Le Guin in 2021

Zahia Rahmani on Discovering Ursula K. Le Guin in 2021

“We see her act of resistance.”

By Zahia Rahmani | December 20, 2021

The Best Reviewed Literature in Translation of 2021

The Best Reviewed Literature in Translation of 2021

Featuring Jhumpa Lahiri, Haruki Murakami, Tove Ditlevsen, Ai Weiwei, Mieko Kawakami, and more

By Book Marks | December 17, 2021

Rabih Alameddine Asks His MFA Students for <em>Their</em> Favorite Novels of the Year

Rabih Alameddine Asks His MFA Students for Their Favorite Novels of the Year

Students Weigh in on Their Favorite Titles

By Rabih Alameddine | December 17, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Transit Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Transit Books

On Books that Begin as an “Intimate Conversation”

By Corinne Segal | December 17, 2021

On the Enduring Appeal of Xenophon’s <em>Anabasis</em>

On the Enduring Appeal of Xenophon’s Anabasis

Shane Brennan Considers an Early Classic of Politico-Military Literature

By Shane Brennan | December 17, 2021

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The Best Reviewed Graphic Literature of 2021

By Book Marks | December 17, 2021

The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2021

By Book Marks | December 16, 2021

Does Climate Fiction Make a Difference?

By Matthew Schneider-Mayerson | December 16, 2021

How to Make a Better World Without Centering Yourself: A Conversation with Alex McElroy

How to Make a Better World Without Centering Yourself: A Conversation with Alex McElroy

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 16, 2021

“O love tell the committee that I know.” A close reading of a Muriel Rukeyser poem.

“O love tell the committee that I know.” A close reading of a Muriel Rukeyser poem.

By Snigdha Koirala | December 15, 2021

How to Write (Almost) Anything: A Very Serious Guide by Tom Bissell

How to Write (Almost) Anything: A Very Serious Guide by Tom Bissell

“Even when you are not ‘working on the book,’ you are working on the book.”

By Tom Bissell | December 15, 2021

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2021

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2021

Featuring Sally Rooney, Kazuo Ishiguro, Colson Whitehead, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jonathan Franzen, and more

By Book Marks | December 15, 2021

Five Medieval Tales That Should Immediately Be Made Into Movies

Five Medieval Tales That Should Immediately Be Made Into Movies

Preferably with Oscar Isaac, Please

By Matthew Gabriele and David Perry | December 15, 2021

A Case for Withdrawing the Genre of “Christian Fiction”

A Case for Withdrawing the Genre of “Christian Fiction”

Chelsea Leah on (Non-Religiously) Reading Religious Books

By Chelsea Leah | December 15, 2021

How a Sense of Awe Can Ignite Creativity

How a Sense of Awe Can Ignite Creativity

Emily Willingham on the Brontës and the Power of Reverence

By Emily Willingham | December 15, 2021

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