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When Fiction Pulls Back the Curtain on American Conservatism

When Fiction Pulls Back the Curtain on American Conservatism

Two Novels That Interrogate the Principle of the Few Over the Many

By Colette Shade | April 24, 2018

Jane Austen and the Timeless Tradition of Mansplaining

Jane Austen and the Timeless Tradition of Mansplaining

From Austen to Rebecca Solnit, Men Will Explain Things

By Kelly Marie Coyne | April 23, 2018

The Meanest Things Vladimir Nabokov Said About Other Writers

The Meanest Things Vladimir Nabokov Said About Other Writers

"Many accepted authors simply do not exist for me."

By Emily Temple | April 20, 2018

It's Never Too Soon for Art (or Politics) About Trauma

It's Never Too Soon for Art (or Politics) About Trauma

Tom McAllister on Writing a Novel About a School Shooting

By Tom McAllister | April 20, 2018

<em>Silent Spring</em> is More than a Scientific Landmark: It's Literature

Silent Spring is More than a Scientific Landmark: It's Literature

On the Underrated Poetry of Rachel Carson's Masterpiece

By Rebecca Renner | April 20, 2018

The Bottomless Generosity of the Writer's Memoir

The Bottomless Generosity of the Writer's Memoir

On Alexander Chee, Leslie Jamison, and Writing About Writing

By Larissa Pham | April 18, 2018

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Michelle Dean: The Problem With "Speaking for Women"

By Michelle Dean | April 13, 2018

The Complicated Comforts of Marilynne Robinson

By Rachel Vorona Cote | April 13, 2018

Restoring Power to the Women of Ancient Myth

Restoring Power to the Women of Ancient Myth

Madeline Miller on Being a Female Classicist

By Madeline Miller | April 11, 2018

Maybe Poets Are, in Fact, Aliens

Maybe Poets Are, in Fact, Aliens

On Craig Raine and the Martian School of Poetry

By Thomas C. Foster | April 11, 2018

The 100 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of <em>The Great Gatsby</em>

The 100 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of The Great Gatsby

Nothing Great About It . . . Amirite?

By Emily Temple | April 10, 2018

Why Has Poet Lola Ridge Disappeared?

Why Has Poet Lola Ridge Disappeared?

On the Historical Erasure of Political Women Artists

By Terese Svoboda | April 6, 2018

Your Pocket Guide to 10 Literary Movements

Your Pocket Guide to 10 Literary Movements

Never Again Will You Have Nothing to Say at a Literary Dinner Party

By Emily Temple | April 5, 2018

Meg Wolitzer: “What Does it Mean to Be a Woman in Power?

Meg Wolitzer: “What Does it Mean to Be a Woman in Power?"

The Female Persuasion Author on Mentorship, Work, and Getting Older

By Kaylen Ralph | April 5, 2018

When Marguerite Duras Got Kicked Out of the Communist Party

When Marguerite Duras Got Kicked Out of the Communist Party

Perhaps They Accuse Me of Being a Whore Because They Can Find No Other Insult

By Emily Temple | April 4, 2018

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