I regret to inform you that Miss Havisham, Dickens’ embittered crone, is actually only . . . 40.

I regret to inform you that Miss Havisham, Dickens’ embittered crone, is actually only . . . 40.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 19, 2020

Brandon Taylor, Reluctant Novelist

Brandon Taylor, Reluctant Novelist

When a Short Story Writer Goes Long

By Brandon Taylor | February 18, 2020

The Romanticized Belle Epoque in Paris Was an Age of Political Crisis

The Romanticized Belle Epoque in Paris Was an Age of Political Crisis

Julian Barnes on Fake News, Religious Tension, and "Gangster Imperialism" Abounded

By Julian Barnes | February 18, 2020

You Can Blame Geoffrey Chaucer for Valentine's Day

You Can Blame Geoffrey Chaucer for Valentine's Day

But Probably Not For Your Loneliness

By Emily Temple | February 14, 2020

In Renouncing the Myths of Old California, Did Joan Didion Deflect Responsibility?

In Renouncing the Myths of Old California, Did Joan Didion Deflect Responsibility?

Michelle Chihara Digs Through the Didion Family's Land Records

By Michelle Chihara | February 14, 2020

Few Were As Devoted to Poetry and Friendship as Harry Mathews

Few Were As Devoted to Poetry and Friendship as Harry Mathews

Arlo Haskell Remembers An Iconic Writer and Dear Friend

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What to Leave In, What to Leave Out: My Conversations with David Foster Wallace

What to Leave In, What to Leave Out: My Conversations with David Foster Wallace

Adrienne Miller on Literary Life in the 1990s

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A Novel That Celebrates—and Mourns—Pre-Revolutionary Iran

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Dina Nayeri on Javad Djavaher's My Part of Her

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The Fraught Task of Describing Life with David Foster Wallace

The Fraught Task of Describing Life with David Foster Wallace

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Vivian Gornick and the Revolution That Won't End

Vivian Gornick and the Revolution That Won't End

John Freeman with the Author of Unfinished Business

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The Maggie Nelson Test for Lesbian Dating Success

The Maggie Nelson Test for Lesbian Dating Success

Jenn Shapland on The Argonauts and Building a Life

By Jenn Shapland | February 10, 2020

Nuns Can Party, Too: On Defying Expectations of Piety

Nuns Can Party, Too: On Defying Expectations of Piety

Alena Dillon Confronts the Stereotypes of Life in the Holy Orders

By Alena Dillon | February 10, 2020

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