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Why I Hate Christmas (But Love Songs About Hating Christmas)

Why I Hate Christmas (But Love Songs About Hating Christmas)

Why the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Can Be Pretty Damn Sad

By Peter Blauner | December 11, 2017

Reading Kobo Abe with One Eye on Edgar Allan Poe

Reading Kobo Abe with One Eye on Edgar Allan Poe

Scott Beauchamp on the Literary Transmission of Mystery

By Scott Beauchamp | December 11, 2017

How <em>Heart of Darkness</em> Revealed the Horror of Congo's Rubber Trade

How Heart of Darkness Revealed the Horror of Congo's Rubber Trade

Conrad's Novel Led to Investigation (and Legislation) of Human Rights Abuses

By Maya Jasanoff | December 7, 2017

Ursula K. Le Guin: Who Cares About the Great American Novel?

Ursula K. Le Guin: Who Cares About the Great American Novel?

Against a Uselessly Competitive, Hopelessly Gendered Concept

By Ursula K. Le Guin | December 6, 2017

Against the Attention Economy: Short Stories Are Not Quick Literary Fixes

Against the Attention Economy: Short Stories Are Not Quick Literary Fixes

Brandon Taylor, in Praise of Slow Reading

By Brandon Taylor | December 6, 2017

Whatever Happened to the Ecstasy of Art?

Whatever Happened to the Ecstasy of Art?

Arts Policy, Like All Policy, is Now Dominated by the Language of Managerialism

By Jules Evans | December 6, 2017

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The Other Invisibles of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 1, 2017

The New Bad Girls of Contemporary Literature

By Ruby Brunton | December 1, 2017

As the World Ends, Has the Time for Grieving Arrived?

By Sue Sinclair | December 1, 2017

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

What, Exactly, Counts as Notable?

By Literary Hub | November 30, 2017

Beyond

Beyond "Lyric Shame": Ben Lerner on Claudia Rankine and Maggie Nelson

Two Fresh Investigations of the Prose Poem

By Ben Lerner | November 29, 2017

Anne of Green Gables: Patron Saint of Girls Who Ask Too Many Questions

Anne of Green Gables: Patron Saint of Girls Who Ask Too Many Questions

J. Courtney Sullivan in Praise of an Iconic Character

By J. Courtney Sullivan | November 28, 2017

The Promise and Disappointment of Virtual Reality

The Promise and Disappointment of Virtual Reality

A Cultural History of VR—And its Repeated Failure to Catch On

By Mark Riboldi | November 28, 2017

The Only Dissident Novel For Sale in Turkey

The Only Dissident Novel For Sale in Turkey

On the Lasting Impact of Madonna in a Fur Coat

By Maureen Freely | November 28, 2017

What Really Happened to the Girls at Hanging Rock?

What Really Happened to the Girls at Hanging Rock?

Maile Meloy on a 50-Year Literary Mystery

By Maile Meloy | November 27, 2017

Justice for Maggie: On George Eliot's Most Underrated Heroine

Justice for Maggie: On George Eliot's Most Underrated Heroine

Maggie Tulliver Deserves Our Praise Just as Much as Dorothea Brooke

By Rachel Vorona Cote | November 22, 2017

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