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In Defense of Worldbuilding

In Defense of Worldbuilding

Or, Against Being Against Writing Tools

By Emily Temple | April 10, 2017

The Uncanny Magic of Joy Williams, in a Single Paragraph

The Uncanny Magic of Joy Williams, in a Single Paragraph

How a Master of the Short Story Plays Cat and Mouse with the Reader

By Vincent Scarpa | April 7, 2017

Is Your Name Your Destiny?

Is Your Name Your Destiny?

On the Intrinsic Power of What People Call (and Miscall) You

By Catherine Buni | April 3, 2017

I Love <em>The Great Gatsby</em>, Even if it Doesn't Love Me Back

I Love The Great Gatsby, Even if it Doesn't Love Me Back

On Difficult Characters and the Unbearable Whiteness of Classic Literature

By Stephanie Powell Watts | April 3, 2017

If Fiction Changes the World, It's Going to Be YA

If Fiction Changes the World, It's Going to Be YA

the kids aren’t just all right—they’re better than us

By Emily Temple | March 23, 2017

<em>Get Out</em>, Claudia Rankine, and the Horror of Black Hypervisibility

Get Out, Claudia Rankine, and the Horror of Black Hypervisibility

On the Stag, the Sunken Place, and the Surveillance of Black Bodies

By Victoria Newton Ford | March 23, 2017

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Rebecca Solnit on Silence, Pornography, and Feminist Literature

By Rebecca Solnit | March 8, 2017

Trump in a Toga? On the Lessons (or Lack Therof) in Historical Fiction

Trump in a Toga? On the Lessons (or Lack Therof) in Historical Fiction

Scott Esposito Finds Much of Value in John Williams Augustus

By Veronica Esposito | March 7, 2017

Sinclair Lewis, American Prophet

Sinclair Lewis, American Prophet

Why His Legacy Deserves a Reevaluation, Beyond It Can't Happen Here

By J. M. Henderson | March 6, 2017

The Adolescent Charm of Bad Celebrity Poetry

The Adolescent Charm of Bad Celebrity Poetry

Why Being Famous is Like Being a Teen Forever

By Philippa Snow | March 6, 2017

In Praise of Bossy Big Sisters

In Praise of Bossy Big Sisters

On the Lesser-Loved Counterparts of our Favorite Young Protagonists

By Erika Smith | March 3, 2017

Dear Fellow Traveler: A Close Reading of the Magnetic Guest Journals at Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn

Dear Fellow Traveler: A Close Reading of the Magnetic Guest Journals at Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn

Anna Journey on the Magical Living Document at Deetjen's Smallest and Most Remote Guest Cottage

By Anna Journey | March 1, 2017

On the Importance of the Public School Novel, Right Now

On the Importance of the Public School Novel, Right Now

Moving Beyond the Prep School Canon

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 27, 2017

The Life and Legacy of Bharati Mukherjee

The Life and Legacy of Bharati Mukherjee

Anjali Enjeti Remembers the Matriarch of Indian-American Literature

By Anjali Enjeti | February 27, 2017

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