Four Theories Toward the Timeless Brilliance of <em>Infinite Jest</em>

Four Theories Toward the Timeless Brilliance of Infinite Jest

Tom Bissell on the Novel of Its Generation

By Tom Bissell | March 21, 2018

Imagining Iraq: On the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Iraq War

Imagining Iraq: On the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Iraq War

Philip Metres Offers a Brief History of Imperial Dementia

By Philip Metres | March 20, 2018

On Finding a Hero in Alison Bechdel

On Finding a Hero in Alison Bechdel

Genevieve Hudson's Search for a Community on the Page

By Genevieve Hudson | March 20, 2018

Does <em>The Virgin Suicides</em> Hold Up 25 Years Later?

Does The Virgin Suicides Hold Up 25 Years Later?

Rereading Jeffrey Eugenides's Debut Novel in 2018

By Emily Temple | March 19, 2018

Is It Worth 1,000 Words? Mark Sarvas on Writing Art in Fiction

Is It Worth 1,000 Words? Mark Sarvas on Writing Art in Fiction

A Brief Survey of Paintings in Literature

By Mark Sarvas | March 14, 2018

Why Every Progressive Should Read <em>The Good Soldier Švejk</em>

Why Every Progressive Should Read The Good Soldier Švejk

Paul Goldberg on How to Stay Sane in a World Besieged by Idiocy

By Paul Goldberg | March 9, 2018

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Curtis White: There's No Such Thing as Postmodernism

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The Tragedies of Aeschylus Are Truly Timeless

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Hannah Arendt on the Time She Met W.H. Auden

By Hannah Arendt | February 21, 2018

Can We Ever Escape History? On Walter Kempowski's Life's Work

Can We Ever Escape History? On Walter Kempowski's Life's Work

An Antidote to the Traumatic Experiences of a Wartime Childhood

By Jenny Erpenbeck | February 15, 2018

How Do You Write One of Humanity's Most Intimate Moments?

How Do You Write One of Humanity's Most Intimate Moments?

Toward a Unified Literary Theory of the Kiss

By Brian Turner | February 14, 2018

How Medieval Storytellers Shape Our Understanding of Romance

How Medieval Storytellers Shape Our Understanding of Romance

Matters of the Heart, from Arthurian Legend to Tristan and Isolde

By Marilyn Yalom | February 14, 2018

On the Very Contemporary Art of Flash Fiction

On the Very Contemporary Art of Flash Fiction

"To Be Brief Takes Time"

By John Dufresne | February 13, 2018

Every Publication is a Kind of Death

Every Publication is a Kind of Death

Patrick Nathan on the Beautiful Morbidity of Language

By Patrick Nathan | February 12, 2018

The Literature of Ezili, Vodou Spirit Force of Queer Black Womanhood

The Literature of Ezili, Vodou Spirit Force of Queer Black Womanhood

Why Do Artists Return Again and Again to Ezili?

By Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley | February 9, 2018

Dystopia For Sale: How a Commercialized Genre Lost its Teeth

Dystopia For Sale: How a Commercialized Genre Lost its Teeth

Overdosing on Stories of Futility Might Be Bad for Us

By Brady Gerber | February 8, 2018

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