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The Bearable Lightness of Joe Meno

The Bearable Lightness of Joe Meno

Sentimental, Almost Cloying, Occasionally Saccharine, Often Wonderful

By Jonathan Russell Clark | October 22, 2015

Phantom Menace: Rereading “Turn of the Screw” Every Fall

Phantom Menace: Rereading “Turn of the Screw” Every Fall

Jason Diamond on Making Henry James an Annual Tradition

By Jason Diamond | October 22, 2015

Jane Smiley:

Jane Smiley: "At the End of This Trilogy, I Wept."

On Killing Characters and Exploring Fictional Worlds

By Jane Smiley | October 20, 2015

The Brutal Murder of Mary Grace, Peacock

The Brutal Murder of Mary Grace, Peacock

Love and Death on Flannery’s Farm

By Margaret Eby | October 20, 2015

Plays vs. Novels (You'll Never Guess What Happens Next)

Plays vs. Novels (You'll Never Guess What Happens Next)

In Which a Playwright Turned Novelist Tries to Decide

By Kirk Lynn | October 19, 2015

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

Happy Pub Birthday, Moby-Dick, You are the Best

By Joel Cuthbertson | October 16, 2015

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Kenzaburo Oe Finds a Hero in Huckleberry Finn

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Ruminations On America, Harvard Square, 1965

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<em>Don Quixote</em>: Sloppy, Inconsistent, Baffling, Perfect

Don Quixote: Sloppy, Inconsistent, Baffling, Perfect

On the Magical Hyper-realism of a 400-Year-Old Classic

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When Pen Names Become People

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The Freedom and Pitfalls of Literary (Mis)Identity

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A Last-Minute Plea on Behalf of Secular Miracles

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How to Read Through the Depths of Postpartum Depression

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On John Gardner, Denis Johnson, and the Baby Blues

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Sloane Crosley on Self-Diagnosing Novel Dysmorphia

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