How Contemporary Poetry Treats the Old Myths of the American Railroad

How Contemporary Poetry Treats the Old Myths of the American Railroad

Thomas Dai on the Poems of Kai Carlson-Wee and Jenny Xie

By Thomas Dai | July 17, 2019

Mukoma Wa Ngugi: On the Poem That Made Me Fall in Love with Words

Mukoma Wa Ngugi: On the Poem That Made Me Fall in Love with Words

A Close Reading of Sonia Sanchez's "Poem at Thirty"

By Mukoma Wa Ngugi | July 17, 2019

In Which Colson Whitehead is Highly Concerned with the Exploration of Inner Space

In Which Colson Whitehead is Highly Concerned with the Exploration of Inner Space

And How Does Whitehead Defeat Writer's Block? Tackle the F*cker.

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2019

What Hemingway Cut From <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls</em>

What Hemingway Cut From For Whom the Bell Tolls

An Epilogue, For Starters

By Seán Hemingway | July 16, 2019

Brazil's History Is Ahead of It, Not Behind

Brazil's History Is Ahead of It, Not Behind

Geovani Martins on Finding Joy in a Beautiful, Struggling Nation

By Geovani Martins | July 16, 2019

A.S. Byatt on Iris Murdoch's <br><em>The Bell</em>

A.S. Byatt on Iris Murdoch's
The Bell

In honor of Murdoch's 100th birthday

By A. S. Byatt | July 15, 2019

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John Waters on Taking LSD at 70, Clarence Thomas, and Reading Bad Reviews

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Michael Cunningham on the Novel That Would Become <em>Mrs Dalloway</em>

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Why a 1980s Novel of Dystopian Patriarchy Still Speaks to Women Today

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Leni Zumas on a New Edition of Suzette Haden Elgin's The Judas Rose

By Leni Zumas | July 15, 2019

Dear Internet: <em>The Little Mermaid</em> Also Happens to Be Queer Allegory

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On the Origins of Hans Christian Andersen's Fable
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To Tell the Story of a Brother<br> I Will Never Know

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Marian Ryan in Berlin, Reading Han Kang

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Why Report on Desire? Saskia Vogel on Reading Lisa Taddeo

Why Report on Desire? Saskia Vogel on Reading Lisa Taddeo

“We’re all capable of throwing everything away in a moment, if the desire is strong enough.”

By Saskia Vogel | July 12, 2019

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of To Kill a Mockingbird

"I would recommend reading this if you have no life and if you want to torture yourself."

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Finding Small Comfort in the Panic of Shirley Jackson

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Miciah Bay Gault on the High Anxiety of The Haunting of Hill House

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