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Louise Glück on Realism and Fantasy

Louise Glück on Realism and Fantasy

"The fantastic exists as hypothesis and dream."

By Louise Gluck | April 18, 2017

Some of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Best Characters Were Dead People

Some of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Best Characters Were Dead People

On Love, Death, and Life in the Work of a Master

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 17, 2017

Race is the Original American Fiction

Race is the Original American Fiction

On Reuniting with The Descendants of Thomas Jefferson's Slaves

By Andrew Mitchell Davenport | April 13, 2017

In Defense of Worldbuilding

In Defense of Worldbuilding

Or, Against Being Against Writing Tools

By Emily Temple | April 10, 2017

The Uncanny Magic of Joy Williams, in a Single Paragraph

The Uncanny Magic of Joy Williams, in a Single Paragraph

How a Master of the Short Story Plays Cat and Mouse with the Reader

By Vincent Scarpa | April 7, 2017

Is Your Name Your Destiny?

Is Your Name Your Destiny?

On the Intrinsic Power of What People Call (and Miscall) You

By Catherine Buni | April 3, 2017

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Get Out, Claudia Rankine, and the Horror of Black Hypervisibility

By Victoria Newton Ford | March 23, 2017

The Future: Where Sexual Ambivalence Meets Sexual Gentrification

The Future: Where Sexual Ambivalence Meets Sexual Gentrification

On Polyamory, Silicon Valley, and the Investigations of Emily Witt

By Dion Kagan | March 15, 2017

When Femininity is Code for Feelings

When Femininity is Code for Feelings

On Failure, Motherhood, and Flightless Birds

By Lynn Steger Strong | March 15, 2017

75 Covers of <em>The Master and Margarita</em>, Ranked, With Comment

75 Covers of The Master and Margarita, Ranked, With Comment

One of the Great Books of the 20th Century, Perfect for the 21st

By Jonny Diamond | March 10, 2017

Rebecca Solnit on Silence, Pornography, and Feminist Literature

Rebecca Solnit on Silence, Pornography, and Feminist Literature

From Virginia Woolf to Betty Friedan to Audre Lorde...

By Rebecca Solnit | March 8, 2017

Trump in a Toga? On the Lessons (or Lack Therof) in Historical Fiction

Trump in a Toga? On the Lessons (or Lack Therof) in Historical Fiction

Scott Esposito Finds Much of Value in John Williams Augustus

By Veronica Esposito | March 7, 2017

Sinclair Lewis, American Prophet

Sinclair Lewis, American Prophet

Why His Legacy Deserves a Reevaluation, Beyond It Can't Happen Here

By J. M. Henderson | March 6, 2017

The Adolescent Charm of Bad Celebrity Poetry

The Adolescent Charm of Bad Celebrity Poetry

Why Being Famous is Like Being a Teen Forever

By Philippa Snow | March 6, 2017

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