What is a Philosopher? A Laughingstock, an Absentminded Buffoon?

What is a Philosopher? A Laughingstock, an Absentminded Buffoon?

Simon Critchley is Unafraid to Ask the Hard Questions

By Simon Critchley | April 27, 2021

12 new books to get your hands on right now.

12 new books to get your hands on right now.

By Katie Yee | April 27, 2021

Life Beyond Act One: Why We Need More Stories About Older Women

Life Beyond Act One: Why We Need More Stories About Older Women

Mary Sharratt on Moving Beyond Coming of Age

By Mary Sharratt | April 27, 2021

Why George Orwell’s <em>Homage to Catalonia</em> is necessary reading for the 21st century.

Why George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia is necessary reading for the 21st century.

By Jonny Diamond | April 26, 2021

How Djuna Barnes Joined the Lost Generation

How Djuna Barnes Joined the Lost Generation

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast
with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 26, 2021

On Exploring Philosophy in Fiction and Autobiography: A Reading List

On Exploring Philosophy in Fiction and Autobiography: A Reading List

Tom Whyman Recommends CLR James, Theodor Adorno, and More

By Tom Whyman | April 26, 2021

Best Reviewed
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20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

By Emily Temple | April 23, 2021

Bad Girl Debutantes, Rebellious Nuns, and a Pregnant Moose: 5 Books You May Have Missed in March

By Bethanne Patrick | April 23, 2021

10 Women Poets Who Inspired Me To Become a Writer

By Aija Mayrock | April 23, 2021

Will Our Next Wave of Fiction Be Escapist, or Corrective?

Will Our Next Wave of Fiction Be Escapist, or Corrective?

This Week on the Literary Disco Podcast

By Literary Disco | April 23, 2021

Why Should You Read?

Why Should You Read?

Will Self Wonders What the Hell We Think We’re Doing

By Will Self | April 22, 2021

Katherine O’Callaghan on the Irish Contexts for Mythical Figure Finn MacCool

Katherine O’Callaghan on the Irish Contexts for Mythical Figure Finn MacCool

This Week on Finnegan and Friends, a Podcast About the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | April 22, 2021

Walkin’ While Dead: On Black Horror and Wesley Brown’s <em>Tragic Magic</em>

Walkin’ While Dead: On Black Horror and Wesley Brown’s Tragic Magic

Erica Vital-Lazare Reads the Present in a Novel of the Past

By Erica Vital-Lazare | April 21, 2021

Rereading <em>The Phantom Tollbooth</em> in This Year of Our Pandemic Doldrums

Rereading The Phantom Tollbooth in This Year of Our Pandemic Doldrums

Kate Washington on Norton Juster’s Classic

By Kate Washington | April 21, 2021

The Excruciating Decision to<br> End a Cat’s Life

The Excruciating Decision to
End a Cat’s Life

Martha Cooley on Bohumil Hrabal, Stevie Smith, and the
Death of Her Cat Zora

By Martha Cooley | April 21, 2021

On the Places and Poetic Forms of the Black Southern Poet

On the Places and Poetic Forms of the Black Southern Poet

Khalisa Rae Considers What It Means to Write in the “Southern Tradition”

By Khalisa Rae | April 21, 2021

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