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Making the Case for the Surreal Memoir

Making the Case for the Surreal Memoir

Pushing the Limits of Form, from Leonora Carrington to Wendy C. Ortiz

By Tobias Carroll | August 20, 2018

Why Don't More Boys Read <em>Little Women</em>?

Why Don't More Boys Read Little Women?

Little Women is presumed to be hardly worthy of rescue from
the educational oblivion into which it has fallen."">"Little Women is presumed to be hardly worthy of rescue from
the educational oblivion into which it has fallen."

By Anne Boyd Rioux | August 17, 2018

On the Slyly Subversive Writing of E.M. Forster

On the Slyly Subversive Writing of E.M. Forster

If a Happy Ending Required Marriage, Forster Was All for Pessimism

By Wendy Moffat | August 16, 2018

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is the Best Place on the Internet

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is the Best Place on the Internet

Self-Referential, Argumentative, and Never Dispassionate

By MH Rowe | August 16, 2018

Gabrielle Bellot: On the Enigma of V.S. Naipaul

Gabrielle Bellot: On the Enigma of V.S. Naipaul

Bigoted, Violent, and Swirling with Contradictions

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 14, 2018

A Brief History of Women Mountaineers

A Brief History of Women Mountaineers

On Breaking the Ultimate Ceiling

By Susan Froderberg | August 14, 2018

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Zen and the Art of Alan Spence

By Janice Galloway | August 13, 2018

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By Literary Hub | August 10, 2018

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What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

On Neurochemistry, Lucia Berlin, and the Dangers of Empathy Loss

By Maryanne Wolf | August 8, 2018

<em>The Wind in the Willows</em> Isn't Really a Children's Book

The Wind in the Willows Isn't Really a Children's Book

Nor, Mysteriously, Does it Contain Any Willows . . .

By Peter Hunt | August 8, 2018

Shirley Jackson: Possibly a Witch, Definitely Played the Zither

Shirley Jackson: Possibly a Witch, Definitely Played the Zither

Or, Why All Author Bios Should Include Likes and Dislikes

By Emily Temple | August 8, 2018

1921 · 1946 · 1984 · 2018 A Genealogy of the Totalitarian Novel

1921 · 1946 · 1984 · 2018 A Genealogy of the Totalitarian Novel

What Yevgeny Zamyatin's We Says About Us

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 7, 2018

Breaking Up the Boys Club: On Women in Rare Books

Breaking Up the Boys Club: On Women in Rare Books

Speaking with the Dealers Pushing for a More Equitable Industry

By Joanna R. Demkiewicz | July 31, 2018

A History of Violence, From Frontier to Family

A History of Violence, From Frontier to Family

Paula Saunders Examines the Parallel Lines of History and Home

By Paula Saunders | July 31, 2018

<em>Wuthering Heights</em> is a Virgin's Story, and Other Opinions of Brontë's Classic

Wuthering Heights is a Virgin's Story, and Other Opinions of Brontë's Classic

200 Years of Writers Weighing in on Wuthering Heights

By Emily Temple | July 30, 2018

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