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The 100 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of <em>The Great Gatsby</em>

The 100 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of The Great Gatsby

Nothing Great About It . . . Amirite?

By Emily Temple | April 10, 2018

Why Has Poet Lola Ridge Disappeared?

Why Has Poet Lola Ridge Disappeared?

On the Historical Erasure of Political Women Artists

By Terese Svoboda | April 6, 2018

Your Pocket Guide to 10 Literary Movements

Your Pocket Guide to 10 Literary Movements

Never Again Will You Have Nothing to Say at a Literary Dinner Party

By Emily Temple | April 5, 2018

Meg Wolitzer: “What Does it Mean to Be a Woman in Power?

Meg Wolitzer: “What Does it Mean to Be a Woman in Power?"

The Female Persuasion Author on Mentorship, Work, and Getting Older

By Kaylen Ralph | April 5, 2018

When Marguerite Duras Got Kicked Out of the Communist Party

When Marguerite Duras Got Kicked Out of the Communist Party

Perhaps They Accuse Me of Being a Whore Because They Can Find No Other Insult

By Emily Temple | April 4, 2018

The Year in Trump Novel Pitches: An Agent's Lament

The Year in Trump Novel Pitches: An Agent's Lament

The Truly Resonant Novels of the Trump Era Won't Be About Trump

By Erik Hane | March 30, 2018

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On Moderata Fonte's Feminist Reimagining of 16th-Century Venice

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Stop Looking for One War Story to Make Sense of All Wars

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Matt Young on the Romanticized Image of the Warrior Poet

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Why Do We Turn to Stories in the Midst of a Disaster?

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On Narrative and Trauma in Mexico City

By Madeleine Wattenbarger | March 21, 2018

Four Theories Toward the Timeless Brilliance of <em>Infinite Jest</em>

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Tom Bissell on the Novel of Its Generation

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Imagining Iraq: On the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Iraq War

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On Finding a Hero in Alison Bechdel

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Does <em>The Virgin Suicides</em> Hold Up 25 Years Later?

Does The Virgin Suicides Hold Up 25 Years Later?

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Is It Worth 1,000 Words? Mark Sarvas on Writing Art in Fiction

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