The Most Important Poem of the 20th Century: On T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” at 100

The Most Important Poem of the 20th Century: On T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” at 100

“The poem is such a key landmark that all modern poets know it, whether they swerve around it, crash into it, or attempt to assimilate it.”

By Literary Hub | October 24, 2022

How T.S. Eliot’s Therapeutic Practice Produced <em>The Waste Land</em>

How T.S. Eliot’s Therapeutic Practice Produced The Waste Land

David Barnes on a Poet, His Doctor, and the Making of a Literary Masterpiece

By David Barnes | October 24, 2022

How Modern is <em>The Waste Land</em>, After All?

How Modern is The Waste Land, After All?

“What could be cooler than the harmony between two great artists born in two different centuries and half a world apart?”

By Alok A. Khorana | October 24, 2022

How Was Your <em>Ulysses</em>?

How Was Your Ulysses?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 24, 2022

Realizing History Through Fantasy Literature: Reclaiming Tolkien’s Hobbit For the Left

Realizing History Through Fantasy Literature: Reclaiming Tolkien’s Hobbit For the Left

Robert T. Tally Jr. in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 24, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles by George Saunders, Barbara Kingsolver, Paul Newman, and More

By Book Marks | October 21, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Revisiting Kier-La Janisse’s House of Psychotic Women, Ten Years Later

By Elizabeth Horkley | October 21, 2022

Reimagining Folklore and Fantasy: Nine Speculative Stories from Asia and the Asian Diaspora

By Jasmine Sawers | October 21, 2022

Veteran Reporter Margaret Sullivan’s Favorite Books About Journalism

By Margaret Sullivan | October 21, 2022

Dear Vladimir Putin: If You’ve Read Dostoevsky, You’ve Tragically Misunderstood Him

Dear Vladimir Putin: If You’ve Read Dostoevsky, You’ve Tragically Misunderstood Him

Austin Ratner on Russian Imperialism and Misreading The Brothers Karamazov

By Austin Ratner | October 20, 2022

George Saunders on Experiencing the Limits of Your Own Power

George Saunders on Experiencing the Limits of Your Own Power

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 20, 2022

The Space Between Notes: What Writers Can Learn From Musicians

The Space Between Notes: What Writers Can Learn From Musicians

Daniel Torday on Writing Towards Resolution, and Everything in Between

By Daniel Torday | October 20, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

”...so self-indulgent, so grossly stereotyped, so shameless and insipid that one is almost astonished that he has dared.“

By Book Marks | October 20, 2022

How Do the Books We Read Change Our Brains?

How Do the Books We Read Change Our Brains?

Gregory Berns on Measuring the Effects of a Really Good Story

By Gregory Berns | October 20, 2022

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Mourning Possibility and Leaping Into New Life

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Mourning Possibility and Leaping Into New Life

Book Recommendations to Help the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | October 20, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

A Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | October 20, 2022

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