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Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Remix

Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Remix

Why It’s Ok to Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle Fiction

By Lincoln Michel | January 12, 2018

Surviving 2017 with Borges: On the Art of Wonder and Wonder of Art

Surviving 2017 with Borges: On the Art of Wonder and Wonder of Art

Considering Good, Evil, Nazis, and All the What-Ifs That Make a Life

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 10, 2018

Hot Sex With Sea Monsters: A Comparative Study

Hot Sex With Sea Monsters: A Comparative Study

Or, Why is Mrs. Caliban So Much More Convincing Than The Shape of Water?

By Emily Temple | January 9, 2018

Mothers, Daughters, Lovers: On the Groundbreaking Art of Kathleen Collins

Mothers, Daughters, Lovers: On the Groundbreaking Art of Kathleen Collins

Danielle Jackson Finds Inspiration in Whatever Happened to Interracial Love

By Danielle Jackson | January 3, 2018

J.M. Coetzee: Eight Ways of Looking at Samuel Beckett

J.M. Coetzee: Eight Ways of Looking at Samuel Beckett

Imagining Professor Kafka and Beckett on the Beach

By J.M. Coetzee | January 2, 2018

Haunted by the Ghosts of Henry James and Jean Rhys

Haunted by the Ghosts of Henry James and Jean Rhys

Maud Casey on the Mysteries of Literature

By Maud Casey | January 2, 2018

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By Ali Smith | December 28, 2017

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By Rebecca Rego Barry | December 20, 2017

The Privilege of Plotlessness

By Lynn Steger Strong | December 18, 2017

A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time

A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time

From Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, of course

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2017

The Bloody Catharsis of Femme Revenge

The Bloody Catharsis of Femme Revenge

Seeking Out Stories of Women Who are Finished Rising Above

By Emma C. Eisenberg | December 13, 2017

Against the Bad Sex in Fiction Award

Against the Bad Sex in Fiction Award

A Critically Misguided (and Ultimately Meaningless) Tradition

By TD Storm | December 12, 2017

Rebecca Solnit on Women's Work and the Myth of the Art Monster

Rebecca Solnit on Women's Work and the Myth of the Art Monster

Creativity and Advocacy Are No More (Or Less) Selfish Than Motherhood

By Rebecca Solnit | December 12, 2017

Revelations Upon Learning Kafka's Niece Knows My Name

Revelations Upon Learning Kafka's Niece Knows My Name

Gennady Aygi's Meditations on a Master

By Gennady Aygi | December 12, 2017

Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?

Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?

And were the cats imaginary?

By Emily Temple | December 11, 2017

A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

On War, Satire, and the Novels of Irène Némirovsky

By Patrick Nathan | December 11, 2017

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