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Richard Flanagan on Social Media and the Death of a Private Life

Richard Flanagan on Social Media and the Death of a Private Life

In an Ever More Conformist Age, Reading is a Subversive Act

By Richard Flanagan | June 21, 2018

A Close Reading of the 'Censored' Passages of <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>

A Close Reading of the 'Censored' Passages of The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Basil Only Likes Dorian as a Friend, We Promise!"

By Emily Temple | June 20, 2018

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

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

By Douglas E. Cowan | June 13, 2018

A Conflicted Feminist Revenge Fantasy for the #MeToo Era

By Eric Thurm | June 5, 2018

Why is Bad Behavior So Good?

By Emily Temple | June 4, 2018

The Maternal, Feminist Utopias of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Maternal, Feminist Utopias of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Famous for "The Yellow Wallpaper," Gilman Had an Optimistic Streak

By Michael Robertson | June 4, 2018

The Nightmarish Dream Logic of Bruno Schulz

The Nightmarish Dream Logic of Bruno Schulz

Joe Fletcher on Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

By Joe Fletcher | June 1, 2018

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

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

So1861">"1861" is Just So1861

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2018

Robert Gottlieb on a Neglected Russian Classic

Robert Gottlieb on a Neglected Russian Classic

Western Readers, if They Know it at All, Think of it As the Novel
About a Man Who Never Gets Out of Bed

By Robert Gottlieb | May 31, 2018

Is This the Year Dag Solstad Becomes a Household Name?

Is This the Year Dag Solstad Becomes a Household Name?

Two New Books in English by Norway's Best Living Writer

By Veronica Esposito | May 30, 2018

David Hayden:

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

An Homage to the Women Who Influenced My Writing

By David Hayden | May 25, 2018

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

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

An Essay/Conversation Between Beth Bachmann and Nick Flynn

By Literary Hub | May 23, 2018

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