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The Fall and Rise of William Stoner

The Fall and Rise of William Stoner

Steve Almond on the Critical and Commercial Resurrection of John Williams' Classic

By Steve Almond | August 29, 2019

My Decade of Falling in Love with the Writing of José Esteban Muñoz

My Decade of Falling in Love with the Writing of José Esteban Muñoz

Marcos Gonsalez Looks Back at a Landmark Queer Text, Cruising Utopia

By Marcos Gonsalez | August 29, 2019

On the Politics of Italics

On the Politics of Italics

Jumoke Verissimo Wonders When It's Right to Highlight Difference

By Jumoke Verissimo | August 28, 2019

How to Review a Novel

How to Review a Novel

London Review of Books Editor Mary-Kay Wilmers
on the Language of Criticism

By Mary-Kay Wilmers | August 27, 2019

In Praise of the High School English Teacher

In Praise of the High School English Teacher

Introducing a New Column by Nick Ripatrazone

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 27, 2019

Kurt Vonnegut Really, Really Hated Guns

Kurt Vonnegut Really, Really Hated Guns

“I wouldn’t have one of the motherfuckers in my house for anything.”

By Chuck Augello | August 26, 2019

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Writing the Impossible Grief of Very Young Widowhood

By Kelsey Ronan | August 26, 2019

Jenny Zhang on Reading Little Women and Wanting to Be Like Jo March

By Jenny Zhang | August 23, 2019

Dorothy Parker on the Art of Her Old Pal James Thurber

By Dorothy Parker | August 22, 2019

Reading David Remnick 25 Years After the Fall of the Soviet Union

Reading David Remnick 25 Years After the Fall of the Soviet Union

Luke Harding Revisits the Cautious Optimism of Lenin's Tomb

By Luke Harding | August 22, 2019

J.M.G. Le Clézio on the Expansive, Immersive Quality of Great Poetry

J.M.G. Le Clézio on the Expansive, Immersive Quality of Great Poetry

“The poem carries us towards other regions on earth, northwards.”

By J. M. G. Le Clézio | August 22, 2019

Lara Vapnyar on the Book That Made Her Weep For Hours

Lara Vapnyar on the Book That Made Her Weep For Hours

On Margarita Khemlin's Novel Klotsvog

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Hans Christian Andersen, Original Literary Softboi

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Bookish Ambition! Awkward Gentleness! Goth Sexiness! He Had It All

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Whatever Your Classroom, Please Teach More Living Poets

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The Ways in Which Writing May or May Not Resemble Sex

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