The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired <em>Frankenstein</em>

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

Timothy Jorgensen on Giovanni Aldini

By Timothy J. Jorgensen | November 30, 2021

12 new books hitting shelves this week.

12 new books hitting shelves this week.

By Katie Yee | November 30, 2021

Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

Part Four of “The Worlds of Scheherazade”

By The Cosmic Library | November 30, 2021

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

Talya Zax Looks to Post-Revolutionary Literature

By Talya Zax | November 29, 2021

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose Reads Bolaño, Erpenbeck, Tutuola, and More

By Francine Prose | November 29, 2021

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

Mary K. Holland on Closing the “Open Question” of Wallace’s Misogyny

By Mary K. Holland | November 29, 2021

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On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

By History of Literature | November 29, 2021

Mina Seçkin on Ferrante, Nabokov, and The Phantom Tollbooth

By Book Marks | November 24, 2021

Maggie Nelson and Tala Madani on Fear in Artmaking and How Magic Can Save Us All 


By FUSE: A BOMB Podcast | November 24, 2021

What <em>Lovecraft Country</em> Gave to Black Audiences

What Lovecraft Country Gave to Black Audiences

The Cast and Creators Speak to the Making—and Unmaking—of the HBO Series

By James Andrew Miller | November 24, 2021

“Territories of the Uncanny.” A Reading List of the Irreal

“Territories of the Uncanny.” A Reading List of the Irreal

Helen Chau Bradley Recommends Mariana Enriquez, Fleur Jaeggy, and More!

By Helen Chau Bradley | November 24, 2021

Why Stories Are Like Taking Drugs

Why Stories Are Like Taking Drugs

Jonathan Gottschall on the Human Need To Silence Your Inner Voice

By Jonathan Gottschall | November 24, 2021

11 new books to be grateful for this week.

11 new books to be grateful for this week.

By Katie Yee | November 23, 2021

In Search of Words for the Most Obscure Sorrows

In Search of Words for the Most Obscure Sorrows

John Koenig on the Project of Capturing the Subtleties of Human Emotion

By John Koenig | November 23, 2021

On the Supernatural, Scooby Doo Vibes of <em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em>

On the Supernatural, Scooby Doo Vibes of The Hound of the Baskervilles

Alex Higley and Willie Fitzgerald Guest on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | November 23, 2021

“Magnificent Hybrids.” David Mitchell on the Alchemy of A.S. Byatt’s Stories

“Magnificent Hybrids.” David Mitchell on the Alchemy of A.S. Byatt’s Stories

"Step inside. Take your time. Savor your discoveries."

By David Mitchell | November 23, 2021

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