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On Repetition As a Powerful <br>Literary Tool

On Repetition As a Powerful
Literary Tool

Geraldine Woods Considers Poets, Polemicists, and a Classic Mid-Century American Novel

By Geraldine Woods | August 31, 2020

The Humble Confidence of Seamus Heaney

The Humble Confidence of Seamus Heaney

R. F. Foster on the Poet's Roots, Influences, and Individuality

By R. F. Foster | August 31, 2020

On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

For Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Strangeness Was a
Matter of Perspective

By Caryl Emerson | August 31, 2020

The Ecstasy of Reading (and Rereading) <em>Anna Karenina</em>

The Ecstasy of Reading (and Rereading) Anna Karenina

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 31, 2020

R.L. Maizes on Internalizing the Pain and Feelings of Animals

R.L. Maizes on Internalizing the Pain and Feelings of Animals

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 31, 2020

<em>Behind the Mic</em>: On <em>Empire of Wild</em> by Cherie Dimaline, Read by Michelle St. John

Behind the Mic: On Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline, Read by Michelle St. John

A Novel That Ranges Seamlessly From Family to the Land to Legend

By Behind the Mic | August 31, 2020

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She Said She Would Write the Essay Herself: Reading Virginia Woolf in Middle Age

By Heather O'Neill | August 28, 2020

Learning to Appreciate the Small Things From a 1,000-Year-Old Japanese Writer

By Eric Weiner | August 28, 2020

Carlos Fonseca on Harnessing the Literary Power of Tedium

By Juan Toledo | August 28, 2020

Raven Leilani: How Much Are You Willing to Struggle?

Raven Leilani: How Much Are You Willing to Struggle?

From the Bookable Podcast with Author Amanda Stern

By Bookable | August 28, 2020

Edward Farmer on Capturing Greenwood, Mississippi in Fiction

Edward Farmer on Capturing Greenwood, Mississippi in Fiction

The Author of Pale in Conversation with Galit Gottlieb on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | August 28, 2020

The Year Afropessimism Hit the Streets?: <br> A Conversation at the Edge of the World

The Year Afropessimism Hit the Streets?:
A Conversation at the Edge of the World

Aaron Robertson Talks to Frank Wilderson III

By Aaron Robertson | August 27, 2020

An Illustrator Brings Realism into Octavia Butler's Speculative Fiction

An Illustrator Brings Realism into Octavia Butler's Speculative Fiction

In Conversation with James E. Ransome on the New Edition of Kindred

By Aaron Robertson | August 27, 2020

The New Seduction of an Old Literary Crime Classic

The New Seduction of an Old Literary Crime Classic

Eugen Bacon Pays Homage to Peter Temple's Truth

By Eugen Bacon | August 27, 2020

On the Anti-Western Genre Set in America's Surreal Borderlands

On the Anti-Western Genre Set in America's Surreal Borderlands

Mike Soto Defines the Narco Acid Western

By Mike Soto | August 26, 2020

Joy Harjo on the Diverse, Groundbreaking World of Indigenous Poetry

Joy Harjo on the Diverse, Groundbreaking World of Indigenous Poetry

A New Anthology Celebrates Familial and Poetry Ancestors

By Joy Harjo | August 26, 2020

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