Nonsense, Puns, and Dirty Limericks: A Serious Look at Poetic Wordplay

Nonsense, Puns, and Dirty Limericks: A Serious Look at Poetic Wordplay

Brad Leithauser Considers the Comedy of Verse

By Brad Leithauser | February 23, 2022

A History of Demonology is a History of the World

A History of Demonology is a History of the World

Ed Simon Offers a Demonic Poetics

By Ed Simon | February 23, 2022

Cranly’s Arm: On Finding and Seeking Gay Desire in Joyce

Cranly’s Arm: On Finding and Seeking Gay Desire in Joyce

Paul McAdory Considers Ambiguous Subtext and Unwavering Belief

By Paul McAdory | February 23, 2022

What Pornographic Literature Shows Us About Human Nature

What Pornographic Literature Shows Us About Human Nature

Kathleen J. Woods on “Pain, Pleasure, and Want”

By Kathleen J. Woods | February 23, 2022

Annette Gordon-Reed: Getting History Right

Annette Gordon-Reed: Getting History Right

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

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | February 23, 2022

Laura Shin on the History of Ethereum and the 2017 ICO Craze

Laura Shin on the History of Ethereum and the 2017 ICO Craze

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 23, 2022

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Moisés Naím on the Global Spread of Authoritarianism and Its Dangers

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Reading Myself Into, and Beyond, Pride and Prejudice

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How Archivists Uncover the Clues to History

How Archivists Uncover the Clues to History

Isaac Fellman on Finding “Curiosity, Delight, Humor, and Desolation”

By Isaac Fellman | February 22, 2022

How Writing a Children’s Book is an Antidote to Doomsday Thinking

How Writing a Children’s Book is an Antidote to Doomsday Thinking

Ben Okri on Imagining the Impossible

By Ben Okri | February 22, 2022

Richard Wright on Carson McCullers’ <em>The Heart is a Lonely Hunter</em>

Richard Wright on Carson McCullers’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

“McCullers rises above the pressures of her environment and embraces white and black humanity in one sweep.”

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Joy Lanzendorfer on the Gendered Double Standard of Ambition

Joy Lanzendorfer on the Gendered Double Standard of Ambition

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

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Anna Holmes on the Radical Life of Margaret Wise Brown

Anna Holmes on the Radical Life of Margaret Wise Brown

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | February 22, 2022

David Ulin on Joan Didion, California, Counterculture, and the Essay Form

David Ulin on Joan Didion, California, Counterculture, and the Essay Form

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | February 22, 2022

Julie Otsuka on Writing Memory Loss and the Power of the First-Person Plural

Julie Otsuka on Writing Memory Loss and the Power of the First-Person Plural

The Author of The Swimmers Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | February 22, 2022

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