Why are we so hungry for books about cannibals?

Why are we so hungry for books about cannibals?

By Katie Yee | November 9, 2020

Down the Wormhole with Jonathan Lethem: On Male Complicity and Publishing in a Pandemic

Down the Wormhole with Jonathan Lethem: On Male Complicity and Publishing in a Pandemic

Brian Gresko Profiles the Author of The Arrest

By Brian Gresko | November 9, 2020

Shirley Hazzard's Heroines and the World That<br> Misunderstood Them

Shirley Hazzard's Heroines and the World That
Misunderstood Them

Zoë Heller on the Collected Stories

By Zoë Heller | November 9, 2020

How Claire Malroux's Translations of Emily Dickinson Shaped Her Own Poetry

How Claire Malroux's Translations of Emily Dickinson Shaped Her Own Poetry

Marilyn Hacker on Memory, Materiality, and Family

By Marilyn Hacker | November 9, 2020

The History of Romance Novels, a Billion-Dollar Industry

The History of Romance Novels, a Billion-Dollar Industry

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | November 9, 2020

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

Emily Van Duyne on Loving, and Misunderstanding, an Icon

By Emily Van Duyne | November 6, 2020

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A Brief History of Citational Fiction and the Literary Supercut

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The First Mughal Emperor's Towering Account of Exile, Bloody Conquest, and the Natural World

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William Dalrymple on the 16th-Century Memoir, Babur Nama

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What We Talk About When We Talk About This Title Format

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Fiona Bell Gives a Brief History of the Carver Story That Started It All

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On Female Friendship and Transgression in Nella Larsen's <em>Passing</em>

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Becoming a Zoom Typewriter Poet for Hire

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Brian Sonia-Wallace on Finding Unlikely Work with a Multinational Tech Company

By Brian Sonia-Wallace | November 3, 2020

On Carl Hiaasen, Florida Childhoods, and Catching Alligators

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Gabriel García Márquez: On Taking Writers at Their Word

Gabriel García Márquez: On Taking Writers at Their Word

Not Exactly Against Interpretation, But Close

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