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Committing to the High Romance of <em>The Notebook</em>

Committing to the High Romance of The Notebook

Annie Berke on Pre-Ken Ryan Gosling and the Campless Excess of the 2004 Adaptation

By Annie Berke | September 15, 2023

A Lot of Pain and A Lot of Humor: Ottessa Moshfegh on Dinah Brooke's <em>Lord Jim at Home</em>

A Lot of Pain and A Lot of Humor: Ottessa Moshfegh on Dinah Brooke's Lord Jim at Home

"I didn’t care, and I didn’t worry, but I was suspended, consistently and dramatically, in the mirage of the novel."

By Ottessa Moshfegh | September 14, 2023

John Manuel Arias on Living With and Writing Ghosts

John Manuel Arias on Living With and Writing Ghosts

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 14, 2023

Leila Aboulela on the Coups in Africa

Leila Aboulela on the Coups in Africa

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 14, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"There’s a whiff of desperate masculinity floating through the book, as rank as a Pretoria boys’ locker room"

By Book Marks | September 14, 2023

On the Enduring Popularity of Marvel's <em>Fantastic Four</em>

On the Enduring Popularity of Marvel's Fantastic Four

"The fact that the stories and characters that made me a reader as a kid are still as prevalent today just goes to show how truly fantastic they still are."

By Jerry Craft | September 13, 2023

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Drifting Along the Current: On the 10th Anniversary of Self-Portrait in Green

By Jordan Stump | September 12, 2023

Conquest and Care in Antarctica: On Climate Stories that Complicate the Narrative

By Michaela Cavanagh | September 11, 2023

How Jonathan Raban's Passage to Juneau Decolonizes Nature Writing

By Robert Macfarlane | September 11, 2023

The Geology of Misery: What Philip Larkin and Ted Lasso (and Science) Tell Us About Trauma

The Geology of Misery: What Philip Larkin and Ted Lasso (and Science) Tell Us About Trauma

On Breaking the Cycle of Individual and Collective Dehumanization

By Catherine Buni | September 11, 2023

Maaheen Ahmed on the Dynamism of Comics

Maaheen Ahmed on the Dynamism of Comics

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 11, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles by Zadie Smith, Stephen King, Maria Bamford, and More

By Book Marks | September 8, 2023

Porochista Khakpour on the Unrelatable Brilliance of Alison Rose's <em>Better Than Sane</em>

Porochista Khakpour on the Unrelatable Brilliance of Alison Rose's Better Than Sane

"She isn’t interested in your ability to feel for her much less comprehend her."

By Porochista Khakpour | September 7, 2023

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

Emma Staffaroni on the End of a (Problematic) Fairy Tale

By Emma Staffaroni | September 7, 2023

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 7, 2023

Myriam Gurba on Writing the Visceral

Myriam Gurba on Writing the Visceral

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 7, 2023

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