What Do We Mean When We Call a Character a “Monster”?

What Do We Mean When We Call a Character a “Monster”?

For Jess Zimmerman, One Reader’s Villain is Another’s Hero

By Jess Zimmerman | March 17, 2022

Just How Much is Jane Austen a Precursor to <em>Bridgerton</em>?

Just How Much is Jane Austen a Precursor to Bridgerton?

Robert Morrison on Race, Sex, and Violence in the Regency Era

By Robert Morrison | March 17, 2022

Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan on the Freedom of Writing Anonymously

Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan on the Freedom of Writing Anonymously

The Editors of Anonymous Sex Join the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | March 17, 2022

Why <em>Moonstruck</em> Made Marie-Helene Bertino Proud to Be Italian-American

Why Moonstruck Made Marie-Helene Bertino Proud to Be Italian-American

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form

By Open Form | March 17, 2022

WATCH: NoViolet Bulawayo in Conversation with Novuyo Tshuma

WATCH: NoViolet Bulawayo in Conversation with Novuyo Tshuma

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The Life and Death of a Cutting Edge Literary Journal, c. 1989

The Life and Death of a Cutting Edge Literary Journal, c. 1989

Kurt Hollander on Publishing The Portable Lower East Side

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Liz Scheier on Comedy as a Survival Skill

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14 Contemporary Artists on How Reading Influences Their Work

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Terese Marie Mailhot on What Book Royalties Can’t Buy

Terese Marie Mailhot on What Book Royalties Can’t Buy

“Money doesn’t bring people back, but I thought it could keep some people here.”

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Remembering Novelist and Teacher Maureen Howard

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The Rich and Secret Life of a Writer of Reading Guides

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Je Banach on the Value of an Unheralded Genre

By Je Banach | March 16, 2022

“Fabulous Outfits, Breathlessly Described.” A Reading List of Literary “It” Girls

“Fabulous Outfits, Breathlessly Described.” A Reading List of Literary “It” Girls

Véronique Hyland Recommends Edith Wharton, Elaine Dundy, and More!

By Véronique Hyland | March 16, 2022

The Marvelous Grotesquerie of Katherine Dunn's <em>Geek Love</em>

The Marvelous Grotesquerie of Katherine Dunn's Geek Love

“Geek Love may offend; it may repulse; in doing so, however, it speaks directly to what it means to be human.”

By Book Marks | March 16, 2022

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