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

The Other Invisibles of Ralph Ellison's <em>Invisible Man</em>

The Other Invisibles of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Gabrielle Bellot on the Othering of Caribbeans and Africans in America

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 1, 2017

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Maile Meloy on a 50-Year Literary Mystery

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

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Long Tables, Open Bottles, and Smoke: Hanging Out with Derek Walcott

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Sven Birkerts on Literary Life in 1980s Boston, with a Trio of Great Poets

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