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

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

Claire Cronin on the Literary Fixation on the Supernatural

By Claire Cronin | October 30, 2020

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

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

Madelaine Lucas Explores the Tensions Between Creative Work and Domestic Life

By Madelaine Lucas | October 29, 2020

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

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

Emily Van Duyne on Heather Clark's Red Comet

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

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

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

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By Beth Kephart | October 28, 2020

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Renata Salecl, Jonathan Berman, and Tea Krulos Talk Anti-Vaxxers, QAnon, Incels and More

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On Sylvia Plath's Creative Breakthrough at the Yaddo Artists' Colony

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Good Things Happen When Writers Can Escape the World's Demands

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Driving by the Lake With John Ashbery

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Of Malcolm X, Sylvia Plath, Abraham Lincoln, and more

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On the Fine Line Between Antagonist and Love Interest in Nella Larsen's <em>Passing</em>

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Baba Yaga Will Answer Your Questions About Life, Love, and Belonging

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