Was Jane Austen Actually the Ultimate Anti-Romantic Novelist?

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Autopsies, Necrophiliacs, and Werewolf Pandemics: Puloma Ghosh on Translating Grief into Literary Horror

Autopsies, Necrophiliacs, and Werewolf Pandemics: Puloma Ghosh on Translating Grief into Literary Horror

Melissa Lozada-Oliva in Conversation with the Author of “Mouth”

By Melissa Lozada-Oliva | June 12, 2024

Deirdre Madden on Marilynne Robinson’s <em>Housekeeping</em>

Deirdre Madden on Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 12, 2024

Bill Eville on Fatherhood

Bill Eville on Fatherhood

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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Robert Pinsky! Porochista Khakpour! Rufi Thorpe! 26 new books out today.

Robert Pinsky! Porochista Khakpour! Rufi Thorpe! 26 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 11, 2024

What Jane Austen’s Work Can Tell Us About the British Imperial Project

What Jane Austen’s Work Can Tell Us About the British Imperial Project

Corinne Fowler Considers the Colonial Legacy of the English Countryside

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Genre Euphoria: Why More Poets Should Read (and Write) Romance Fiction

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Elaina Ellis on the Basic Human Need to Tell Love Stories of All Stripes

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In Praise of the Paranormal Curiosity of Charles Fort, Patron Saint of Cranks

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Alan Felsenthal on Precision in Poems, the Mundane as Sacred, and Capturing the “Feeling” of Life

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Ten Debut LGBTQ+ Authors on the Books That Shaped Them As Writers

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John Kaag on the Bloods, the Little-Known Dynasty that Shaped American Life and Philosophy

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