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    On the First South Asian YA Novel: Born Confused 15 Years Later

    By S. Mitra Kalita  October 16, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Cadaverous Yet Blazing: Elizabeth Hardwick’s Ode to Bartleby

    By Elizabeth Hardwick  October 13, 2017
    Criticism

    The New Scream Queens

    By Nathan Scott McNamara  October 13, 2017
    Close Reading

    The Hidden Horror Inside Jane Austen’s Novels of Love

    By Mikaella Clements  October 13, 2017
    Conversations

    An Interview with Enya, a Musician to Astral Project To

    By Melissa Locker  October 13, 2017
    Art

    Art Inspired by Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities

    By Emily Temple  October 13, 2017
    Essay

    Why the Line Between Fact and Fiction is Even Blurrier Online

    By Andrew O'Hagan  October 12, 2017
    Expert opinion

    A Selection of Virginia Woolf’s Most Savage Insults

    By Emily Temple  October 12, 2017
    Essay

    How Paris Turned Me Into a Writer

    By Piu Eatwell  October 12, 2017
    Conversations

    Eve Ewing on Education, Institutions, and Alternative Models of Poetry

    By Rebecca Stoner  October 11, 2017
    Did you know?

    Jane Austen’s Emma Was Basically Torn Apart in Workshop

    By Juliette Wells  October 11, 2017
    Conversations

    Ellen Ullman: We Have to Demystify Code

    By Morgan Meis  October 11, 2017
    Writer Diary

    Katherine Mansfield on the Thrilling Joy of Creation

    By Emily Temple  October 11, 2017
    Deep Dive

    The Little-Known Friendships of Iconic Women Writers

    By Emily Midorikawa and Emma Sweeney  October 11, 2017
    Did you know?

    137 Writers and the Words They’re Best Known For

    By Kaveh Akbar  October 11, 2017
    Deep Dive

    How Shirley Jackson Makes Us Lose Our Minds

    By Ottessa Moshfegh  October 10, 2017
    Profile

    Naomi Alderman Taps Into the Deeper Powers of Women

    By Daneet Steffens  October 10, 2017
    Conversations

    Carmen Maria Machado on Campfire Stories and Queer Teen Touchstones

    By Claire Luchette  October 6, 2017
    Profile

    Kazuo Ishiguro on Song Lyrics, Scones, and the Life He Could Have Had

    By John Freeman  October 5, 2017
    Profile

    Jesmyn Ward on the Hauntings of History

    By Michele Filgate  October 5, 2017
    Advice

    Watch Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Lecture: Why I Write

    By Literary Hub  October 5, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Why Does Literature Have So Little to Say About Illness?

    By Meghan O'Rourke  October 5, 2017
    Criticism

    Is America in a Period of Moral Decline?

    By John Biguenet  October 5, 2017
    Criticism

    If Your Book Presumes an Entirely White World, It’s Not Universal

    By Sarah LaBrie  October 5, 2017
    Deep Dive

    The Pure Pleasure of Reading Lolita‘s First 100 Pages

    By Hanya Yanagihara  October 4, 2017
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