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

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

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How Death Became Big Business in America

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

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

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The Prettiest Way to Die

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Ralph Ellison's Tragicomic Soul

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"Shit, Grit, and Mother Wit”

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Art, Meat, and the Lives and Deaths of Animals

Art, Meat, and the Lives and Deaths of Animals

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Looking at the World Through My Character's Eyes

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On Roleplaying as Research

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