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A Master Class in Words: On the Vitality and Vividness of <em>The Iliad</em>'s Opening Lines

A Master Class in Words: On the Vitality and Vividness of The Iliad's Opening Lines

Robin Lane Fox Considers the Movement of Homer's Epic

By Robin Lane Fox | October 30, 2023

America's First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

America's First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 30, 2023

October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring New Titles by Safiya Sinclair, Nathan Thrall, Hilary Mantel, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2023

October's Best Reviewed Fiction

October's Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Jhumpa Lahiri, Teju Cole, Benjamín Labatut, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2023

Molly McGhee on the Importance of Acknowledgments

Molly McGhee on the Importance of Acknowledgments

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 26, 2023

Jonathan Lethem on the Depths of Gentrification

Jonathan Lethem on the Depths of Gentrification

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 26, 2023

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Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

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Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

By Liz Rosenberg | October 24, 2023

Why It Matters How We Tell the Story of Sinead O'Connor

Why It Matters How We Tell the Story of Sinead O'Connor

Allyson McCabe on the Power of Accepting that a Memoir May Contain Contradictions

By Allyson McCabe | October 23, 2023

Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 23, 2023

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

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Featuring New Titles by Teju Cole, Sly Stone, Marie NDiaye and More

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Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial

Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial

"I’m ignorant and confused, even more so than Kafka’s man from the country"

By Ahmed Naji | October 19, 2023

John Freeman and Omar El Akkad on a Literary Magazine’s Final Issue

John Freeman and Omar El Akkad on a Literary Magazine’s Final Issue

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 19, 2023

Justin Torres on the Tricky Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction

Justin Torres on the Tricky Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 19, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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