The Real Life Castaway Behind Robinson Crusoe Actually <em>Asked</em> to Be Dropped Off

The Real Life Castaway Behind Robinson Crusoe Actually Asked to Be Dropped Off

Revisiting a Colonialist Classic—and Myths That Just Won't Die—300 Years On

By Delaney Nolan | April 25, 2019

Moving Back to West Virginia, in Fiction and in Life

Moving Back to West Virginia, in Fiction and in Life

Mesha Maren Returns Home in Sugar Run

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What I Learned from Keeping a List<br> of Every Book I Read

What I Learned from Keeping a List
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Not Shockingly, an Awful Lot of Men

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Scenes From a Marriage: <br>Reading About My Great-Grandparents, Scott and Zelda

Scenes From a Marriage:
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Blake Hazard Introduces Tender Is the Night

By Blake Hazard | April 24, 2019

The Ongoing Obsession with Shakespeare's True Identity

The Ongoing Obsession with Shakespeare's True Identity

Baconians, Oxfordians, Marlovians, Derbyites, Rutlanders, Groupists. Oh My.

By Stuart Kells | April 23, 2019

On Editing Oliver Sacks After<br> He Was Gone

On Editing Oliver Sacks After
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How the Author of 13 Books Never Stopped Loving the Publishing Process

By Bill Hayes | April 23, 2019

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Ian McEwan on Bach, Philip Roth and Living an Episodic Life

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Going Deep Into the<br> J.P. Donleavy Archives

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Robert Macfarlane, Sami Folk Tales and More of Andrew Ervin's Deep Reads

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Simon Critchley on Tragedy: Colluding in Our Calamity

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Jane Alison on Raymond Carver<br> and Tobias Wolff

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