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The (Semi-Hidden) History of Queer Pregnancy in Literature

The (Semi-Hidden) History of Queer Pregnancy in Literature

Alicia Andrzejewski on Torrey Peters’s Detransition, Baby, and the Future of Queer Families

By Alicia Andrzejewski | February 26, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>The Dragons, The Giant, The Women</em> by Wayétu Moore

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Dragons, The Giant, The Women by Wayétu Moore

Marion Winik on One of the Finalists for Autobiography

By Marion Winik | February 26, 2021

The Dark World of <br>Rapture Fiction

The Dark World of
Rapture Fiction

William J. Bernstein on a Troubled Evangelical Genre

By William J. Bernstein | February 25, 2021

Joy Harjo on the Poetic Lyricism and Subversive Native Storytelling of James Welch

Joy Harjo on the Poetic Lyricism and Subversive Native Storytelling of James Welch

In Praise of the 1974 Novel Winter in the Blood

By Joy Harjo | February 25, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Imperial Liquor</em> by Amaud Jamaul Johnson

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Imperial Liquor by Amaud Jamaul Johnson

Stephanie Burt on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Stephanie Burt | February 25, 2021

Patricia Lockwood: ‘I Like to Give People a Very Vertiginous Whiplash’

Patricia Lockwood: ‘I Like to Give People a Very Vertiginous Whiplash’

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | February 25, 2021

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I think about this tiny detail from The Talented Mr. Ripley all the time.

By Emily Temple | February 24, 2021

Beatifying Patricia Lockwood: “I Worry That She Hasn’t Had Enough Fun.”

By Mary Gordon | February 24, 2021

How Many of the 100 Most Famous Passages in Literature Can You Identify?

By Emily Temple | February 24, 2021

Jonathan Lethem: Why Shirley Jackson is a Reader’s Writer

Jonathan Lethem: Why Shirley Jackson is a Reader’s Writer

On the Brilliance of We Have Always Lived in the Castle and the Intimacy of Everyday Evil

By Jonathan Lethem | February 24, 2021

On the Erudite Chaos of Tom Stoppard's Most Complex Play

On the Erudite Chaos of Tom Stoppard's Most Complex Play

Hermione Lee Considers the Algorithmic Genius of Arcadia

By Hermione Lee | February 24, 2021

Lauren Oyler: In Defense of Autofiction

Lauren Oyler: In Defense of Autofiction

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | February 24, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>She Come by It Natural</em> by Sarah Smarsh

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: She Come by It Natural by Sarah Smarsh

Colette Bancroft on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Colette Bancroft | February 24, 2021

Jenny Offill on the Ambition of Short Novels

Jenny Offill on the Ambition of Short Novels

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

By Reading Women | February 24, 2021

How I Ruined <em>Goodnight Moon</em> for Karen on Goodreads

How I Ruined Goodnight Moon for Karen on Goodreads

Julia Fine on Margaret Wise Brown

By Julia Fine | February 23, 2021

Flight Patterns: Reading of the Creatures of the Air

Flight Patterns: Reading of the Creatures of the Air

Matthew Gavin Frank Recommends Claudia Rankine,
Ross Gay, and More

By Matthew Gavin Frank | February 23, 2021

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