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Embrace Your Monstrous Flesh: On Women's Bodies in Horror

Embrace Your Monstrous Flesh: On Women's Bodies in Horror

"Horror films offer a fantasy space for women whose bodies betray them"

By Rebecca Harkins-Cross | June 8, 2017

Is Richard Brautigan's Most Famous Novel a Minor Masterpiece or Naive Relic?

Is Richard Brautigan's Most Famous Novel a Minor Masterpiece or Naive Relic?

Trout Fishing in America Turns 50: Is it a True American Classic?

By Nick Ripatrazone | June 7, 2017

On the Generosity of Gwendolyn Brooks, 100 Years Later

On the Generosity of Gwendolyn Brooks, 100 Years Later

Remembering the poet and literary philanthropist

By Matt St. John | June 7, 2017

From Penelope to Pussyhats, The Ancient Origins of Feminist Craftivism

From Penelope to Pussyhats, The Ancient Origins of Feminist Craftivism

On Subversive Uses of Women's Handicrafts Throughout History

By Stephanie McCarter | June 7, 2017

Why is <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em> Eternally Beloved?

Why is One Hundred Years of Solitude Eternally Beloved?

At 50 Years Old, García Márquez's Masterpiece is as Important As Ever

By Veronica Esposito | June 6, 2017

Huckleberry Kat: How Mark Twain Influenced George Herriman

Huckleberry Kat: How Mark Twain Influenced George Herriman

The Secret Resonances Between Krazy Kat and Huckleberry Finn

By Michael Tisserand | June 6, 2017

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Revisiting Jenny Diski's Debut, Sadomasochistic Novel

By Daphne Merkin | June 5, 2017

My Fictional Nemesis: Why Thomas Hardy's Angel Clare is the Worst

By Rachel Vorona Cote | June 2, 2017

Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

By Johanna Skibsrud | June 2, 2017

Franz Kafka, the Ultimate Self-Doubting Writer

Franz Kafka, the Ultimate Self-Doubting Writer

On the Emotional Resonance of Kafka's Diaries

By John Sherman | June 2, 2017

The Queer Literary Origins of Wonder Woman

The Queer Literary Origins of Wonder Woman

From Homer and Sappho to Charlotte Perkins Gilman

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 1, 2017

At a Sword Fight with a Modern-Day Swashbuckler (in a Harlem Basement)

At a Sword Fight with a Modern-Day Swashbuckler (in a Harlem Basement)

Dwyer Murphy Goes Underground to Get the Story of Lawrence Ellsworth

By Dwyer Murphy | June 1, 2017

Why Are We So Afraid of Female Desire?

Why Are We So Afraid of Female Desire?

On Sex and Moral Panic, from the Victorians to the Hays Code

By Carol Dyhouse | June 1, 2017

Chris Kraus on Why You Should Read Eileen Myles's First Novel

Chris Kraus on Why You Should Read Eileen Myles's First Novel

Cool for You Reissued Just In Time

By Chris Kraus | May 31, 2017

I Found My Family in <em>Jesus' Son</em>

I Found My Family in Jesus' Son

James Boice on One of the Most Influential Books of the Latest 50 Years

By James Boice | May 31, 2017

On the Autofiction of Conrad Aiken, Unsung American Modernist

On the Autofiction of Conrad Aiken, Unsung American Modernist

On Freud, Language, and the Topography of Consciousness

By Conor Higgins | May 25, 2017

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