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Nihilism or Wonder? On the Evolution of the Alien Story

Nihilism or Wonder? On the Evolution of the Alien Story

Investigating Extraterrestrial Metaphors for Communism, Religion, Love & Art

By Emily Harnett | April 19, 2017

A Political Conversion on the Way to a Novel

A Political Conversion on the Way to a Novel

Margot Singer on Rediscovering Post-9/11 Complexity

By Margot Singer | April 18, 2017

Louise Glück on Realism and Fantasy

Louise Glück on Realism and Fantasy

"The fantastic exists as hypothesis and dream."

By Louise Gluck | April 18, 2017

Some of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Best Characters Were Dead People

Some of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Best Characters Were Dead People

On Love, Death, and Life in the Work of a Master

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 17, 2017

Race is the Original American Fiction

Race is the Original American Fiction

On Reuniting with The Descendants of Thomas Jefferson's Slaves

By Andrew Mitchell Davenport | April 13, 2017

In Defense of Worldbuilding

In Defense of Worldbuilding

Or, Against Being Against Writing Tools

By Emily Temple | April 10, 2017

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The Uncanny Magic of Joy Williams, in a Single Paragraph

By Vincent Scarpa | April 7, 2017

Is Your Name Your Destiny?

By Catherine Buni | April 3, 2017

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

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

The Future: Where Sexual Ambivalence Meets Sexual Gentrification

The Future: Where Sexual Ambivalence Meets Sexual Gentrification

On Polyamory, Silicon Valley, and the Investigations of Emily Witt

By Dion Kagan | March 15, 2017

When Femininity is Code for Feelings

When Femininity is Code for Feelings

On Failure, Motherhood, and Flightless Birds

By Lynn Steger Strong | March 15, 2017

Rebecca Solnit on Silence, Pornography, and Feminist Literature

Rebecca Solnit on Silence, Pornography, and Feminist Literature

From Virginia Woolf to Betty Friedan to Audre Lorde...

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

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