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Revisiting Jenny Diski's Debut, Sadomasochistic Novel

Revisiting Jenny Diski's Debut, Sadomasochistic Novel

On Nothing Natural and the Literature of Sexual Submission

By Daphne Merkin | June 5, 2017

My Fictional Nemesis: Why Thomas Hardy's Angel Clare is the <em>Worst</em>

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

Against Fraudulent Nice Guys and Fake Woke Baes

By Rachel Vorona Cote | June 2, 2017

Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

What, after all, is a truly verifiable or “authentic” image?

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

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Virginia Woolf: There Are Way Too Many Personal Essays Out There

Virginia Woolf: There Are Way Too Many Personal Essays Out There

Just Because You Can Write it, Doesn’t Mean You Have to Publish It

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In a 12th-Century Iranian Poem, a Vision of Solidarity We Need Today

In a 12th-Century Iranian Poem, a Vision of Solidarity We Need Today

What We Can Learn from The Conference of the Birds

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We Need the Lives of Others Now More Than Ever

We Need the Lives of Others Now More Than Ever

On the Expansive Reading and Insights of Tony Judt

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The Wisdom of Sendak: Children Are Wild, Honest, Immoral Beings

The Wisdom of Sendak: Children Are Wild, Honest, Immoral Beings

On the Weird Kingdoms and Kinship of Maurice Sendak and Ralph Eugene Meatyard

By Buzz Poole | May 22, 2017

Americans in Search of Utopia

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19th-Century Experiments in Perfection

By Betsy Hartmann | May 22, 2017

Why We <em>Do</em> Need Another Adaptation of <em>Little Women</em>

Why We Do Need Another Adaptation of Little Women

At Heart, Retelling is an Act of Love

By Anne Boyd Rioux | May 19, 2017

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