How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

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Generation Franchise: <br>Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

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Jess Row on the Ubiquity of the Digital Persona, From Child Stars to Disney Adults

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Helen Fielding on <em>Bridget Jones</em> and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

Helen Fielding on Bridget Jones and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

Considering the Place of the Confessional Narrative in the Literary Landscape on the Book's 25th Anniversary

By Helen Fielding | June 26, 2024

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Alana Saab on Sharing a Mental Breakdown With Your Protagonist

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Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

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In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s <em>Tamerlane</em>

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane

Bradford Morrow on the Bibliophile’s Holy Grail, Otherwise Known as the “Black Tulip”

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How Reading Grief Memoirs Helped Cody Delistraty Understand His Loss in New Ways

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75 Years of <em>1984</em>: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

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Elif Shafak on the Relentless Real-World Spread of Orwellian Dystopia

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The Literary Power of Hobbits: How JRR Tolkien Shaped Modern Fantasy

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Verlyn Flieger on the Late Addition of Tolkien's Most Iconic Characters

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Reading Jill Ciment’s <em>Consent</em> As a Former Teenage Bride

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The Gaps Filled by Fiction: On Victoria Amelina’s <em>Dom’s Dream Kingdom</em>

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