In Defense of Bad Best Friends

In Defense of Bad Best Friends

On Women's Friendships in Edna O'Brien and Kaitlyn Greenidge

By Heather Wells Peterson | October 19, 2016

How Fiction Treats the Elderly, Aging, and Ancient

How Fiction Treats the Elderly, Aging, and Ancient

Tobias Carroll on a Wide Rage of Novels Dealing with Old Age

By Tobias Carroll | October 18, 2016

How Patricia Highsmith's <em>Mr. Ripley</em> Rises from Genre to Myth

How Patricia Highsmith's Mr. Ripley Rises from Genre to Myth

James Lasdun on the Genius of a Mid-Century Classic

By James Lasdun | October 18, 2016

Postcards to a Younger, Much Better Novelist

Postcards to a Younger, Much Better Novelist

Derek Palacio Shares Early Correspondence with his wife, Claire Vaye Watkins

By Derek Palacio | October 17, 2016

In Praise of the Illustrated Book

In Praise of the Illustrated Book

Four Great Examples of the Genre

By Buzz Poole | October 17, 2016

How to Keep Out Death: On the Literature of Crowds

How to Keep Out Death: On the Literature of Crowds

The Pleasures and Anxieties of the Collective, from Benjamin to DeLillo

By Dustin Illingworth | October 17, 2016

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On Bob Dylan's Literary Influences

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The Banality of Donald Trump

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Jonathan Lethem on the Lost Conversations of Ross Macdonald

Jonathan Lethem on the Lost Conversations of Ross Macdonald

Getting Inside the Head of a 20th-Century Literary Master

By Kevin Avery | October 13, 2016

Lean in, Swipe Right: On Tinder and the Politics of Singledom

Lean in, Swipe Right: On Tinder and the Politics of Singledom

Bridget Read Considers the Future of Sex, and Emily Witt's Future Sex

By Bridget Read | October 13, 2016

It Breaks Before it Bends: On Donika Kelly's Black Girl Poetry

It Breaks Before it Bends: On Donika Kelly's Black Girl Poetry

Nikky Finney in Praise of a Psalm of Pure Resolve

By Nikky Finney | October 13, 2016

The Literature of Creepy Clowns

The Literature of Creepy Clowns

If They're Coming, You Might As Well Be Prepared...

By Tobias Carroll | October 7, 2016

How Bad Writing Destroyed the World

How Bad Writing Destroyed the World

On the Origin of Ayn Rand's Thinking, and a Manchurian Economist Named Greenspan

By Adam Weiner | October 6, 2016

Why Every American Should Read <em>The Reluctant Fundamentalist</em>

Why Every American Should Read The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Gabrielle Bellot on Radical Difference in the Age of Trump

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 5, 2016

Is Joyce Carol Oates Trolling Us?

Is Joyce Carol Oates Trolling Us?

On Gaffes, Cats, and My Obsession with JCO's Twitter Feed

By Eric Thurm | October 5, 2016

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