The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature's Great Mysteries

The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature's Great Mysteries

Investigating One of Ulysses' Shady Characters

By Tyler Malone | June 16, 2016

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

On the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Jorge Luis Borges

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 14, 2016

How Hemingway’s Bad Behavior Inspired a Generation

How Hemingway’s Bad Behavior Inspired a Generation

"Hard-drinking, hard-fighting, hard-loving — all for art’s sake."

By Lesley M. M. Blume | June 7, 2016

Actually, Criticism <em>Is</em> Literature

Actually, Criticism Is Literature

Writing About the Art of Writing is an Art Unto Itself

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 2, 2016

Finding Poems in My Own Labyrinth

Finding Poems in My Own Labyrinth

Emily Carr on the Minotaur That Broke Her Heart

By Emily Carr | May 31, 2016

The Literary Genius of Kendrick Lamar

The Literary Genius of Kendrick Lamar

Mensah Demary on the Album as Novel

By Mensah Demary | May 27, 2016

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A Brief History of Plagiarizing Identity, From Leo Tolstoy to Salman Rushdie

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The Unstoppable Myth of Alejandra Pizarnik

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