A Plethora of Penises: How People Wrote About Sex in the Middle Ages

A Plethora of Penises: How People Wrote About Sex in the Middle Ages

Katherine Harvey on Erotic Expressions in Medieval Literature

By Katherine Harvey | November 17, 2022

Choosing to Bear Witness: Writing the Story of a Body

Choosing to Bear Witness: Writing the Story of a Body

Emily Van Duyne on Emma Bolden’s The Tiger and the Cage

By Emily Van Duyne | November 17, 2022

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Dealing with Financial Anxiety in Friendships

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Dealing with Financial Anxiety in Friendships

Book Recommendations for the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | November 17, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anna Moschovakis is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anna Moschovakis is Reading Now and Next

Books by Saidiya Hartman, Annie Ernaux, Jenny Diski, and more

By Diana Arterian | November 17, 2022

The New Adaptation of <em>Fleishman Is in Trouble</em> Knows What to Do with Its Extra Space

The New Adaptation of Fleishman Is in Trouble Knows What to Do with Its Extra Space

Jessie Gaynor on the FX Series Based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Novel

By Jessie Gaynor | November 16, 2022

“In Some Ways Immigration is Like an Apocalypse.” Pete Hsu on Writing About the Aftermath of Immigrating

“In Some Ways Immigration is Like an Apocalypse.” Pete Hsu on Writing About the Aftermath of Immigrating

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 16, 2022

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How Living in Naples Changed Shirley Hazzard’s Life

By Brigitta Olubas | November 15, 2022

Nick Hornby Understands the Pitfalls of Giving Novels as Gifts

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On the Glorious Queerness of Metrical Narrative

On the Glorious Queerness of Metrical Narrative

Cat Fitzpatrick’s Celebration of “Absurd Embellishments”

By Cat Fitzpatrick | November 15, 2022

Sofia Coppola in Praise of Edith Wharton’s Beloved Antiheroine, Undine Spragg

Sofia Coppola in Praise of Edith Wharton’s Beloved Antiheroine, Undine Spragg

“We watch her like a car crash while at the same time we root for her.”

By Sofia Coppola | November 15, 2022

Elisa Gabbert on the Performance of Self in Poetry (Versus Prose)

Elisa Gabbert on the Performance of Self in Poetry (Versus Prose)

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | November 15, 2022

Rich Ferguson, Mary Kerr, and S.A. Griffin on the Heart of Beat Literature

Rich Ferguson, Mary Kerr, and S.A. Griffin on the Heart of Beat Literature

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 15, 2022

Kevin Wilson on the Ease of Writing in the 90s and His New Novel, <em>Now is Not the Time to Panic<em>

Kevin Wilson on the Ease of Writing in the 90s and His New Novel, Now is Not the Time to Panic

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | November 15, 2022

Remembering Kenward Elmslie and Lucia Berlin through Their Postcards to Each Other

Remembering Kenward Elmslie and Lucia Berlin through Their Postcards to Each Other

Chip Livingston on a Unique Correspondence

By Chip Livingston | November 14, 2022

Oh, the Ironies: How Irony Got Its (Second) Meaning

Oh, the Ironies: How Irony Got Its (Second) Meaning

Ben Yagoda Considers Connop Thirlwell's Invention of Practical Irony

By Ben Yagoda | November 14, 2022

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