How Nostalgia Corrupts Politics and Pop Culture

How Nostalgia Corrupts Politics and Pop Culture

On Donald Trump, Stranger Things, and Longing for an Imaginary Past

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William Gaddis Occupies Wall Street, Channels a Tween Trump

William Gaddis Occupies Wall Street, Channels a Tween Trump

Yet Another Great 20th-Century Writer Predicts the Rise of Donald Trump

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What Counts As Transgender Literature?

What Counts As Transgender Literature?

On the Writing(s) of Kai Cheng Thom, and the Elusiveness of Categories

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 9, 2016

The Time Mario Puzo Wrote a Takedown of <em>The Paris Review</em>

The Time Mario Puzo Wrote a Takedown of The Paris Review

On The Godfather Author's 1967 Review for Book World

By M. J. Moore | December 9, 2016

How We Write About Work, Then and Now

How We Write About Work, Then and Now

On Dickens, Office Life, and Tales of the Precariat in Contemporary Fiction

By Juliana Broad | December 8, 2016

Hemingway vs. Ken Russell: Or Why You Should Compare Apples to Oranges

Hemingway vs. Ken Russell: Or Why You Should Compare Apples to Oranges

Noah Berlatsky on the Critical Value of Broad Comparisons

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How Convenient Storylines Can Ruin Lives

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