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Hiking with Dante? On Seeking Ourselves in the <em>Divine Comedy</em>

Hiking with Dante? On Seeking Ourselves in the Divine Comedy

Randy Boyagoda Considers the Many Longings of Dante’s Journey

By Randy Boyagoda | September 21, 2021

When Tennessee Williams Reached Out to a Besieged Truman Capote

When Tennessee Williams Reached Out to a Besieged Truman Capote

“I care about you more than you know.”

By Literary Hub | September 21, 2021

When C.S. Lewis Reviewed His Buddy’s Book... <em>The Hobbit</em>

When C.S. Lewis Reviewed His Buddy’s Book... The Hobbit

“You cannot anticipate it before you go there, as you cannot forget it once you have gone.”

By Book Marks | September 21, 2021

In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

Lincoln Michel Considers the Expansive Power of Genres

By Lincoln Michel | September 21, 2021

Understanding the Pervasive Influence of Silicon Valley: On Peter Thiel and the Sprawling History of the Tech Industry

Understanding the Pervasive Influence of Silicon Valley: On Peter Thiel and the Sprawling History of the Tech Industry

Max Chafkin Recommends Books that Highlight the Intersection of Tech, Business, and Politics

By Max Chafkin | September 21, 2021

16 new books to get you out of your pandemic reading funk.

16 new books to get you out of your pandemic reading funk.

By Katie Yee | September 21, 2021

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Inhabiting the Mind of the Worst Kind of Collaborator: A Nazi Kapo

By David Rieff | September 20, 2021

On the Parallels Between Henry James’s Relationships and His Story “The Beast in the Jungle”

By History of Literature | September 20, 2021

What the Poet Can Do in the Face of the Modern Colonial State

By Aruni Kashyap | September 20, 2021

The Mistake No Dialogue Writer Should Ever Make

The Mistake No Dialogue Writer Should Ever Make

Dan O'Brien Has Some Thoughts on the Way Characters Should Talk

By Dan O'Brien | September 20, 2021

Why Everyone Should Read the Great Karen Tei Yamashita

Why Everyone Should Read the Great Karen Tei Yamashita

Josh Cook on This Year’s Recipient of the National Book Foundations’s Literarian Award

By Josh Cook | September 17, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: After Hours Editions

Interview with an Indie Press: After Hours Editions

On the “Slow Burn” of Publishing Poetry

By Corinne Segal | September 17, 2021

An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000... <br>But Was it Stolen?

An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000...
But Was it Stolen?

Jen DeGregorio Investigates the Curious Case of a Great Poet’s Hair

By Jen DeGregorio | September 16, 2021

You Want Voice? It’s Everywhere in Contemporary Fiction

You Want Voice? It’s Everywhere in Contemporary Fiction

Katie Yee Has Had Enough With a Certain Corner of
the Literary Internet

By Katie Yee | September 16, 2021

Encountering Annie Ernaux’s Urban Landscapes and Scattered Selves

Encountering Annie Ernaux’s Urban Landscapes and Scattered Selves

Lauren Elkin on the Writer's Approach to Reality

By Lauren Elkin | September 16, 2021

On the Importance of How We Write Mental Illness in Fiction

On the Importance of How We Write Mental Illness in Fiction

Louise Nealon Considers the Ways in Which We Translate Experience

By Louise Nealon | September 16, 2021

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