Are You an Anne Shirley or an Emily Starr?

Are You an Anne Shirley or an Emily Starr?

In Praise of L. M. Montgomery's Lesser-Loved Heroine

By Rachel Vorona Cote | October 27, 2016

The Publisher Who Rejected Jane Austen

The Publisher Who Rejected Jane Austen

Well That Was a Mistake, Wasn't It?

By Shelley DeWees | October 26, 2016

Has Imbolo Mbue Written the Great American Novel?

Has Imbolo Mbue Written the Great American Novel?

How an Unknown Cameroonian Novelist Followed in the Footsteps of Jonathan Franzen

By Aaron Bady | October 26, 2016

Police Violence and the American Caste System

Police Violence and the American Caste System

Colette Shade on Arundhati Roy and Black Lives Matter

By Colette Shade | October 25, 2016

The Rise of the Small Press on the Man Booker Shortlist

The Rise of the Small Press on the Man Booker Shortlist

Could a Two-Person Press from Glasgow Win One of the Biggest Prizes in Literature?

By Marta Bausells | October 24, 2016

Edward Albee, Big in Bulgaria

Edward Albee, Big in Bulgaria

On Eastern Europe's Love/Hate Relationship with a Great American Playwright

By Dimiter Kenarov | October 24, 2016

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From Weimar to Appalachia, a Syllabus for Our Brush with Fascism

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In Defense of Bad Best Friends

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How Fiction Treats the Elderly, Aging, and Ancient

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How Patricia Highsmith's <em>Mr. Ripley</em> Rises from Genre to Myth

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James Lasdun on the Genius of a Mid-Century Classic

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Postcards to a Younger, Much Better Novelist

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In Praise of the Illustrated Book

In Praise of the Illustrated Book

Four Great Examples of the Genre

By Buzz Poole | October 17, 2016

How to Keep Out Death: On the Literature of Crowds

How to Keep Out Death: On the Literature of Crowds

The Pleasures and Anxieties of the Collective, from Benjamin to DeLillo

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On Bob Dylan's Literary Influences

On Bob Dylan's Literary Influences

From William Blake to Jack Kerouac

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The Banality of Donald Trump

The Banality of Donald Trump

On Hannah Arendt's Birthday, Examining her Relevance to our Political Moment

By Rafia Zakaria | October 14, 2016

So Who Exactly is Bob Dylan, Newly Crowned Nobel Laureate?

So Who Exactly is Bob Dylan, Newly Crowned Nobel Laureate?

The Poet vs. Songwriter vs. Showman Debate Rages On

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