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Was <em>Bridget Jones's Diary</em> the First Internet Novel?

Was Bridget Jones's Diary the First Internet Novel?

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By Emily Temple | August 10, 2021

Sabina Murray on the Limits of Journalism and the Wondrous Possibilities of Fiction

Sabina Murray on the Limits of Journalism and the Wondrous Possibilities of Fiction

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Finding Horror (and Art) in the Gray Areas of Identity

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The Medicine Memoirs That Every Aspiring Doctor Should Read

Robert Meyer, MD, and Dan Koeppel on the Beauty and Brutality of the Human Experience

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On the Rise of the Icelandic Saga as Written Literature

On the Rise of the Icelandic Saga as Written Literature

Arthur Herman Gets at the Heart of the Sagas’ Perennial Appeal

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After Lord Byron: poetic advice for the modern poet (in couplets).

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A close reading of a great American poem: Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays.”

A close reading of a great American poem: Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays.”

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The Wyrd Ones: A Conversation Between Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn

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The DNA of Storytelling: Making the Case for Messy Family Books

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