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The Most Important Poem of the 20th Century: On T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” at 100

The Most Important Poem of the 20th Century: On T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” at 100

“The poem is such a key landmark that all modern poets know it, whether they swerve around it, crash into it, or attempt to assimilate it.”

By Literary Hub | October 24, 2022

How T.S. Eliot’s Therapeutic Practice Produced <em>The Waste Land</em>

How T.S. Eliot’s Therapeutic Practice Produced The Waste Land

David Barnes on a Poet, His Doctor, and the Making of a Literary Masterpiece

By David Barnes | October 24, 2022

Lan Samantha Chang on How—or Whether—to Evolve Your Aesthetic or Style

Lan Samantha Chang on How—or Whether—to Evolve Your Aesthetic or Style

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | October 24, 2022

“You Find a Way to Be Distinctive.” George Saunders on His Writerly Evolution

“You Find a Way to Be Distinctive.” George Saunders on His Writerly Evolution

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 24, 2022

How Modern is <em>The Waste Land</em>, After All?

How Modern is The Waste Land, After All?

“What could be cooler than the harmony between two great artists born in two different centuries and half a world apart?”

By Alok A. Khorana | October 24, 2022

Why Is Flying So Miserable These Days? And Was It Ever That Glamorous?

Why Is Flying So Miserable These Days? And Was It Ever That Glamorous?

Ann Hood in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 24, 2022

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How Was Your Ulysses?

By History of Literature | October 24, 2022

Harold R. Johnson on How We Tell Our Own Stories

By Harold R. Johnson | October 24, 2022

Realizing History Through Fantasy Literature: Reclaiming Tolkien’s Hobbit For the Left

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What Boeing’s 737 Max Tragedy Reveals About the Immorality of Late Stage Industrial Capitalism

What Boeing’s 737 Max Tragedy Reveals About the Immorality of Late Stage Industrial Capitalism

Peter Robison in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 24, 2022

Mary Karr on Navigating Memory While Writing Memoir

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“A single image can split open the hard seed of the past.”

By Mary Karr | October 21, 2022

Being American in the World We’ve Made: Ben Rhodes in Conversation with Ayad Akhtar

Being American in the World We’ve Made: Ben Rhodes in Conversation with Ayad Akhtar

This Week on Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | October 21, 2022

How General Motors CEO Mary Barra is the Anti Elon Musk

How General Motors CEO Mary Barra is the Anti Elon Musk

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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

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Revisiting Kier-La Janisse’s <em>House of Psychotic Women</em>, Ten Years Later

Revisiting Kier-La Janisse’s House of Psychotic Women, Ten Years Later

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Reimagining Folklore and Fantasy: Nine Speculative Stories from Asia and the Asian Diaspora

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