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14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors

14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors

"I got a little bored after a time. I mean, the road seemed to be awfully long."

By Emily Temple | October 16, 2017

Cadaverous Yet Blazing: Elizabeth Hardwick's Ode to Bartleby

Cadaverous Yet Blazing: Elizabeth Hardwick's Ode to Bartleby

An "Incurious Ghost" Who Would Really Prefer Not To

By Elizabeth Hardwick | October 13, 2017

The New Scream Queens

The New Scream Queens

Four Story Collections at the Intersection of Feminism and Horror

By Nathan Scott McNamara | October 13, 2017

The Hidden Horror Inside Jane Austen's Novels of Love

The Hidden Horror Inside Jane Austen's Novels of Love

The Call is Coming From Inside the Country Estate

By Mikaella Clements | October 13, 2017

Why the Line Between Fact and Fiction is Even Blurrier Online

Why the Line Between Fact and Fiction is Even Blurrier Online

"The Internet Offers a Secret Life to Everybody"

By Andrew O'Hagan | October 12, 2017

Jane Austen's <em>Emma</em> Was Basically Torn Apart in Workshop

Jane Austen's Emma Was Basically Torn Apart in Workshop

On the Early Reception of a Classic Novel, on Both Sides of the Atlantic

By Juliette Wells | October 11, 2017

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  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

The Little-Known Friendships of Iconic Women Writers

By Emily Midorikawa and Emma Sweeney | October 11, 2017

How Shirley Jackson Makes Us Lose Our Minds

By Ottessa Moshfegh | October 10, 2017

Is America in a Period of Moral Decline?

By John Biguenet | October 5, 2017

If Your Book Presumes an Entirely White World, It's Not Universal

If Your Book Presumes an Entirely White World, It's Not Universal

Why Writing and Reading About Race is a Privilege, Not a Burden

By Sarah LaBrie | October 5, 2017

How Death Became Big Business in America

How Death Became Big Business in America

And Why We Need to Be Less Dismissive of Other Cultures' Funeral Rituals

By Caitlin Doughty | October 4, 2017

A Tale of Two Sylvias: On the <em>Letters</em> Cover Controversy

A Tale of Two Sylvias: On the Letters Cover Controversy

What Do We Look For in a Literary Icon?

By Nichole LeFebvre | October 3, 2017

The Prettiest Way to Die

The Prettiest Way to Die

Consumption Chic and the 19th-Century Cult of the Invalid

By Christina Newland | October 3, 2017

Ralph Ellison's Tragicomic Soul

Ralph Ellison's Tragicomic Soul

"Shit, Grit, and Mother Wit”

By Alejandro Nava | October 3, 2017

Art, Meat, and the Lives and Deaths of Animals

Art, Meat, and the Lives and Deaths of Animals

"Determining Whose Life is Grievable is an Act of Framing"

By Hayley Singer | October 2, 2017

Looking at the World Through My Character's Eyes

Looking at the World Through My Character's Eyes

On Roleplaying as Research

By Alison Moore | September 29, 2017

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