Djuna Barnes:

Djuna Barnes: "The Most Famous Unknown of the Century!”

On the Queer, Modernist Classic Nightwood

By Ruth Joffre | June 18, 2018

<em>Havoc</em>: A Cynical (and Personal) Portrayal of Alcoholism

Havoc: A Cynical (and Personal) Portrayal of Alcoholism

On Tom Kristensen's Novel of Cocktails, Chaos, and Dancing

By Morten Høi Jensen | June 18, 2018

Penelope Lively on Virginia Woolf: Serious Gardener?

Penelope Lively on Virginia Woolf: Serious Gardener?

On the Rich Landscapes of To the Lighthouse and "Kew Gardens"

By Penelope Lively | June 14, 2018

The 1961 Novel That Makes a Great Case for Moviegoing

The 1961 Novel That Makes a Great Case for Moviegoing

On Walker Percy's The Moviegoer

By Nick Ripatrazone | June 14, 2018

Stephen King: Master of Almost All the Genres Except

Stephen King: Master of Almost All the Genres Except "Literary"

From Horror to Fantasy to Feel-Good, He's Everywhere

By Douglas E. Cowan | June 13, 2018

A Conflicted Feminist Revenge Fantasy for the #MeToo Era

A Conflicted Feminist Revenge Fantasy for the #MeToo Era

Dietland Has Teeth. So Why Is it Afraid to Use Them?

By Eric Thurm | June 5, 2018

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The Maternal, Feminist Utopias of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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The Nightmarish Dream Logic of Bruno Schulz

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When Walt Whitman's Poems Were Rejected For Being Too Timely

When Walt Whitman's Poems Were Rejected For Being Too Timely

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Robert Gottlieb on a Neglected Russian Classic

Robert Gottlieb on a Neglected Russian Classic

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Is This the Year Dag Solstad Becomes a Household Name?

Is This the Year Dag Solstad Becomes a Household Name?

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David Hayden:

David Hayden: "Men Still Too Often See Their Writing as the Canon"

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By David Hayden | May 25, 2018

Sex, Drugs, Rock n' Roll, and Mystical Poets

Sex, Drugs, Rock n' Roll, and Mystical Poets

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The 12 Best Sherlock Holmes Stories, According to Arthur Conan Doyle

The 12 Best Sherlock Holmes Stories, According to Arthur Conan Doyle

After All, He Should Know

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2018

A Close Reading of <em>True Grit</em>'s Perfect First Paragraph

A Close Reading of True Grit's Perfect First Paragraph

Charles Portis’s Classic as an Object Lesson in Creating Character

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