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How <em>Blazing Saddles</em> Deflated Western and Gentile Notions of Masculinity

How Blazing Saddles Deflated Western and Gentile Notions of Masculinity

On the Political Context and Playfulness of Mel Brooks’s 1974 Parody

By Jeremy Dauber | March 20, 2023

Every Writer Should Learn How to Translate

Every Writer Should Learn How to Translate

Kristen Renee Miller on the Transformative Experience of Translating Marie-Andrée Gill

By Kristen Renee Miller | March 20, 2023

“Gray Area is What Novels Can Do That Twitter Cannot.” Rebecca Makkai on Incorporating #MeToo in Her New Novel

“Gray Area is What Novels Can Do That Twitter Cannot.” Rebecca Makkai on Incorporating #MeToo in Her New Novel

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 20, 2023

When the Muses Step Out of the Shadows: Reading the Women Who Enabled Greatness

When the Muses Step Out of the Shadows: Reading the Women Who Enabled Greatness

Sophie Haydock Recommends Naomi Wood, Elizabeth Lowry, and More

By Sophie Haydock | March 20, 2023

<em>What Survives</em> —Lacy M. Johnson Examines the Aftermath of Disaster

What Survives —Lacy M. Johnson Examines the Aftermath of Disaster

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | March 20, 2023

Tiffany Shlain on the History of Feminism, Tree Rings, and “Dendrofemonology”

Tiffany Shlain on the History of Feminism, Tree Rings, and “Dendrofemonology”

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 20, 2023

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A Deep-Dive on Catullus, the Roman Poet of Fierce Desire and Hatred

By History of Literature | March 20, 2023

Elisabeth B. Armstrong on the Most Consequential Anti-Colonial Feminist Conference You’ve Never Heard Of

By Keen On | March 20, 2023

Peter Wehner on Vengeance, Forbearance, and Healing in Trump’s America

By Keen On | March 20, 2023

Monica C. Parker on the Extraordinary Emotion That can Change the Way We Live: Wonder

Monica C. Parker on the Extraordinary Emotion That can Change the Way We Live: Wonder

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 20, 2023

<em>Lucky Hank</em> is an Exhausted Academic Satire

Lucky Hank is an Exhausted Academic Satire

Olivia Rutigliano on the New AMC Series That Adapts Richard Russo's 1997 novel Straight Man

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 17, 2023

On the Ethics of Preserving—and Cutting Short—the Life of a Pet

On the Ethics of Preserving—and Cutting Short—the Life of a Pet

Karen Fine Considers a Veterinarian’s Duty of Care

By Karen Fine | March 17, 2023

Kate DiCamillo on Seeing Her Book, <em>The Magician’s Elephant</em>, Adapted for Film

Kate DiCamillo on Seeing Her Book, The Magician’s Elephant, Adapted for Film

“A good adaptation helps you to see the book anew.”

By Kate DiCamillo | March 17, 2023

The Exile of Oscar Wilde, Dublin’s Charming Ghost

The Exile of Oscar Wilde, Dublin’s Charming Ghost

Alexander Poots on Northern Ireland's Literary Past

By Alexander Poots | March 17, 2023

Idra Novey on the Conjuring of Haunting Characters

Idra Novey on the Conjuring of Haunting Characters

“To come convincingly to life, characters have to consist of mixed-up inextricable elements.”

By Idra Novey | March 17, 2023

The Wizardry of Boz: A Brief History of Charles Dickens on Screen

The Wizardry of Boz: A Brief History of Charles Dickens on Screen

The New Great Expectations Series Has Big Shoes to Fill (About 400 Pairs of Them)

By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst | March 17, 2023

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