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The Enduring Appeal of Literary Tricksters

The Enduring Appeal of Literary Tricksters

From Jeeves to the Cat in the Hat

By Seth Fried | March 19, 2019

The Island That Inspired Conrad and Lawrence's Queerest Characters

The Island That Inspired Conrad and Lawrence's Queerest Characters

Living the Artist's Life on Capri

By Jamie James | March 19, 2019

Literary Allusion Runs Deep Through the History of Hip-Hop

Literary Allusion Runs Deep Through the History of Hip-Hop

Roy Christopher on the Intersection of Books and Beats

By Roy Christopher | March 18, 2019

Meet the Man Brought to Trial for Murdering the English Language

Meet the Man Brought to Trial for Murdering the English Language

(In the Press, by a Jury of His Enemies)

By Emily Temple | March 18, 2019

The British Schoolboy Memoir: Masking Misery with Nostalgia

The British Schoolboy Memoir: Masking Misery with Nostalgia

James Brooke-Smith Considers a Miserable Genre

By James Brooke-Smith | March 18, 2019

The People Writer-Parents Need (Besides Their Kids)

The People Writer-Parents Need (Besides Their Kids)

Brian Gresko and Polly Rosenwaike Talk Writing and Parenting

By Brian Gresko | March 18, 2019

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  • The Six Loves of James I

James Joyce's Dublin, a Microcosm of the World

By Sarah Baxter | March 15, 2019

Why Salt Lake City is a Great Place for a Writer to Live

By Paisley Rekdal | March 15, 2019

It Was All Greek to Her: With the Sappho-Obsessed in 1900s Paris

By Artemis Leontis | March 15, 2019

Exploring the Truth Behind Bad Celebrity Apologies

Exploring the Truth Behind Bad Celebrity Apologies

Isobel O'Hare In Conversation with Andrea Blythe on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | March 15, 2019

What Trauma Leaves Behind

What Trauma Leaves Behind

A Conversation with Carley Moore, Lynn Melnick, and
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

By Carley Moore | March 15, 2019

Why Do We Hate the Suburbs?

Why Do We Hate the Suburbs?

Suzannah Lessard on E.M. Forster, Bipartisan Snobbery, and the Language of Place

By Suzannah Lessard | March 14, 2019

Honoré de Balzac's Legendary Love Affair With His Anonymous Critic

Honoré de Balzac's Legendary Love Affair With His Anonymous Critic

Or: How to Marry a Famous Writer

By Emily Temple | March 14, 2019

Steve Anwyll on the Uses of the Autobiographical Novel

Steve Anwyll on the Uses of the Autobiographical Novel

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 14, 2019

John Lanchester and Joe O'Neill Talk Climate Change and Border Walls

John Lanchester and Joe O'Neill Talk Climate Change and Border Walls

"The time to act is now..."

By Literary Hub | March 14, 2019

Why My Students Don't Call Themselves 'Southern' Writers

Why My Students Don't Call Themselves 'Southern' Writers

On Reckoning With a Fraught Literary History

By Katy Simpson Smith | March 13, 2019

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