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Even Seamus Heaney <br>Made Mistakes

Even Seamus Heaney
Made Mistakes

On Poetry, Wordsworth, and Misremembering

By Erica McAlpine | July 6, 2020

Claire G. Coleman on What Dorothy Porter's Writing Means to Her

Claire G. Coleman on What Dorothy Porter's Writing Means to Her

Criticism in Verse by the Author of Terra Nullius

By Claire G. Coleman | July 6, 2020

Rabih Alameddine Recommends Some Gay Books You Might Not Have Known Were Gay

Rabih Alameddine Recommends Some Gay Books You Might Not Have Known Were Gay

Happy Pride, Everyone

By Rabih Alameddine | June 26, 2020

Remembering Bo Huston, Who Bore Witness to the Peak of the AIDS Crisis

Remembering Bo Huston, Who Bore Witness to the Peak of the AIDS Crisis

"I’d be thrilled to be known in fifty years’ time as a minor gay writer from the 1990s."

By John McIntyre | June 26, 2020

On <em>Orlando</em>, and Virginia Woolf's Defiance of Time

On Orlando, and Virginia Woolf's Defiance of Time

“Memory is the seamstress” of our inner lives, “and a
capricious one at that.” 

By Theodore Martin | June 25, 2020

Vivian Gornick on the

Vivian Gornick on the "Forgotten" Wife of Victorian Novelist, George Meredith

Mrs. Meredith Finally Gets Her Due

By Vivian Gornick | June 24, 2020

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Encountering Hervé Guibert's Anti-Utopian Men

By Jeffrey Zuckerman | June 22, 2020

Celebrating Yahya Hassan,
Poet, Rebel

By Jamal Mahjoub | June 22, 2020

Delight is Essential: On Reading Ross Gay in Terrible Times

By Sara B. Franklin | June 18, 2020

An Ode to <em>Valley of the Dolls</em>, Irresistible Train Wreck

An Ode to Valley of the Dolls, Irresistible Train Wreck

Stephen Rebello is Obsessed with Jacqueline Susann's "Classic"

By Stephen Rebello | June 18, 2020

In Utter Celebration of Juliet Stevenson's Brilliance as an Audiobook Narrator

In Utter Celebration of Juliet Stevenson's Brilliance as an Audiobook Narrator

Scott Spencer on Her Delightful, Deft Approach to Text

By Scott Spencer | June 17, 2020

Robert Walser and Jean Genet's Dreams, Solitude, and Mundane Things

Robert Walser and Jean Genet's Dreams, Solitude, and Mundane Things

Moyra Davey Reads Deep Into the Night

By Moyra Davey | June 17, 2020

Writing a Novel of Things Unattained

Writing a Novel of Things Unattained

Zaina Arafat on Living and Writing Without Shame

By Zaina Arafat | June 16, 2020

On Writing a Collective Poem in Response to Chicago Gun Violence

On Writing a Collective Poem in Response to Chicago Gun Violence

Thousands of Shootings. 100 Poets. 1 Poem.

By Chris Green | June 16, 2020

On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical

On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical "Nice Guy" Cop

Meet Mr. Bucket, Embodiment of Dickens' Misgivings About Police

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 12, 2020

On the Resolute Nihilism of a True End Times Classic

On the Resolute Nihilism of a True End Times Classic

Liam Pieper Rereads Nevil Shute's On the Beach

By Liam Pieper | June 11, 2020

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