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On Sylvia Plath's Creative Breakthrough at the Yaddo Artists' Colony

On Sylvia Plath's Creative Breakthrough at the Yaddo Artists' Colony

Good Things Happen When Writers Can Escape the World's Demands

By Heather Clark | October 28, 2020

Driving by the Lake With John Ashbery

Driving by the Lake With John Ashbery

Douglas Crase Remembers Precious Time Spent with a Great Poet

By Douglas Crase | October 28, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, October Edition

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, October Edition

Of Malcolm X, Sylvia Plath, Abraham Lincoln, and more

By Book Marks | October 28, 2020

16 new books to buy from your local indie bookstore this week.

16 new books to buy from your local indie bookstore this week.

By Katie Yee | October 27, 2020

The 50 Greatest Apocalypse Novels

The 50 Greatest Apocalypse Novels

Apropos of . . . Nothing

By Emily Temple | October 27, 2020

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, October Edition

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, October Edition

Chronicles of Lincoln and John Brown, Mid-Century Nuclear Roulette, the Golden Age of Egyptology, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2020

Best Reviewed
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  • Earth 7
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Michiko Kakutani on
Why We Love Books

By Michiko Kakutani | October 26, 2020

On Patrick Modiano and Perfecting the Art of Repetition

By Mark Polizzoti | October 26, 2020

We Have Edgar Allan Poe to Thank for the Detective Story

By History of Literature | October 26, 2020

Sylvia Plath... Nature Writer?

Sylvia Plath... Nature Writer?

Marlena Williams on the Poet's Fraught Relationship with the Wild

By Marlena Williams | October 23, 2020

Hiroko Oyamada Wrote Her First Book, <em>The Factory</em>, in the Factory Where She Worked

Hiroko Oyamada Wrote Her First Book, The Factory, in the Factory Where She Worked

David Boyd on a Writer Who Follows the Weirdness

By David Boyd | October 23, 2020

The Enduring Strength and Richness of Kashmir's<br> Literary Life

The Enduring Strength and Richness of Kashmir's
Literary Life

Sharanya Deepak on the Many Landscapes of Kashmiri Writing

By Sharanya Deepak | October 23, 2020

Anne Carson: The Sheer Velocity and Ephemerality of Cy Twombly

Anne Carson: The Sheer Velocity and Ephemerality of Cy Twombly

“Ancient Things Are New Things."

By Anne Carson | October 22, 2020

Against the Muse Myth: On Motherhood and the Writing Life

Against the Muse Myth: On Motherhood and the Writing Life

Molly Spencer Finds Time to Write in all the Smallest Spaces

By Molly Spencer | October 22, 2020

Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

From Make Me Rain, a Collection of Poetry and Prose

By Nikki Giovanni | October 21, 2020

After My Partner's Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

After My Partner's Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

Megan Marshall Remembers Scott Harney

By Megan Marshall | October 21, 2020

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