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George Orwell's <em>1984</em> is Always Just Around the Corner

George Orwell's 1984 is Always Just Around the Corner

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | November 2, 2020

Good News: Mary Ruefle Can't Keep Up with All the Books Being Published, Either

Good News: Mary Ruefle Can't Keep Up with All the Books Being Published, Either

In Conversation with Linn Ullmann on the How to Proceed Podcast

By How to Proceed | October 30, 2020

Read Shirley Jackson's Eerily Contemporary Letter About Fear

Read Shirley Jackson's Eerily Contemporary Letter About Fear

"We have exactly the same thing to be afraid of."

By Literary Hub | October 30, 2020

Jenny Hval and Alexandra Kleeman Talk Magic Words, Witch Melodies, and Norwegian Black Metal Scene

Jenny Hval and Alexandra Kleeman Talk Magic Words, Witch Melodies, and Norwegian Black Metal Scene

A Conversation with the Author of Girls Against God

By Alexandra Kleeman | October 30, 2020

How Scary Are Ghost Stories in This Pandemic Year of Wildfires, Hurricanes, and Police Violence?

How Scary Are Ghost Stories in This Pandemic Year of Wildfires, Hurricanes, and Police Violence?

M. Dressler on What Gothic Novels and Speculative Literature Can Teach Us About Life Right Now

By M Dressler | October 30, 2020

Adaptations Within Adaptations: How the Writer Anna Kavan Ends Up in Charlie Kaufman's Latest Film

Adaptations Within Adaptations: How the Writer Anna Kavan Ends Up in Charlie Kaufman's Latest Film

Tobias Carroll on the Postmodernist Fancies of
I’m Thinking of Ending Things

By Tobias Carroll | October 30, 2020

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Ghosts, Demons, and Depression: Writers and Their Many Hauntings

By Claire Cronin | October 30, 2020

Rituals of Housekeeping, Memories of Home: On Marilynne Robinson's
First Novel

By Madelaine Lucas | October 29, 2020

A New, Monumental Biography Shows Sylvia Plath as a Woman of Her Time

By Emily Van Duyne | October 29, 2020

The Best Dog Poems Reveal the Good and the Mischievous in Our Canine Friends

The Best Dog Poems Reveal the Good and the Mischievous in Our Canine Friends

Duncan Wu Goes Deep on a Blessed Genre

By Duncan Wu | October 29, 2020

The Weird Underbelly of Tech Writing in Silicon Valley

The Weird Underbelly of Tech Writing in Silicon Valley

Lulu Dewey on Her First Writing Job

By Lulu Dewey | October 29, 2020

The Book That Brought Writers' Fears and Self-Doubt<br> Into the Open

The Book That Brought Writers' Fears and Self-Doubt
Into the Open

Christina Baker Kline and Bonnie Friedman Discuss
a Classic of Literary Craft

By Literary Hub | October 29, 2020

On John Milton, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Poet Who Laughed at Purgatory

On John Milton, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Poet Who Laughed at Purgatory

Nicholas McDowell Navigates Heaven, Hell, and Everything In-Between

By Nicholas McDowell | October 29, 2020

David Goodwillie on the Tricky Intersection of Art and Commerce

David Goodwillie on the Tricky Intersection of Art and Commerce

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 29, 2020

The Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books, October Edition

The Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books, October Edition

Chronicles of neanderthal love, white supremacist hatred, blockchain chicken farms, and more

By Book Marks | October 29, 2020

What Passes For Love: On the Marriage of Leonard and Virginia Woolf

What Passes For Love: On the Marriage of Leonard and Virginia Woolf

Beth Kephart: Most Writers Could Use an In-House Editor, Business Partner, and Legacy Builder

By Beth Kephart | October 28, 2020

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