Will Self: In Praise of Difficult Novels

Will Self: In Praise of Difficult Novels

Modernism is Still the Best Way to Reflect Our World Back to Us

By Will Self | February 7, 2018

'Twitter Feminists' to Katie Roiphe: This Essay is Not Very Good

'Twitter Feminists' to Katie Roiphe: This Essay is Not Very Good

Also "staggeringly boring," "dishonest," and "misdirected"

By Emily Temple | February 5, 2018

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of James Joyce's <em>Ulysses</em>

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of James Joyce's Ulysses

Or: the Ballad of Leatherbags Reynolds

By Emily Temple | February 2, 2018

<em>Ulysses</em>: Good or Bad?

Ulysses: Good or Bad?

21 Famous Writers and One Famous Psychoanalyst Weigh In

By Emily Temple | February 2, 2018

Our Obsession with Lost Books, And How They Often Disappoint

Our Obsession with Lost Books, And How They Often Disappoint

Tim Wirkus on the Tension Between What is Anticipated and What is Delivered

By Tim Wirkus | January 31, 2018

The Hunter and His Gun: An American Myth That Just Won't Die

The Hunter and His Gun: An American Myth That Just Won't Die

How Daniel Boone and Last of the Mohicans Built a Colonialist Origin Story

By Roxanne Oritz-Dunbar | January 26, 2018

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Barbara Comyns, Outsider Artist

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Same As It Ever Was: Orientalism Forty Years Later

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Bad Faith Backlash: Arguing Online With Everyone and No One

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In California, Visions of Defiance and Grace

In California, Visions of Defiance and Grace

Finding Political Inspiration in the Unlikeliest of Places: The Opera

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How to Read Caves

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The Literature of Bad Sex

The Literature of Bad Sex

Hermione Hoby on Power, Eros, and the Perfect Timing of 'Cat Person'

By Hermione Hoby | January 18, 2018

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

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