On Shakespeare's Two Heroic Friends that Saved the Bard's Plays From Being Burned

On Shakespeare's Two Heroic Friends that Saved the Bard's Plays From Being Burned

A Short History of the First Folio

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"Living Fossil, Living God," a Poem by Quan Barry

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"The text vacillates between presence and absence, between reality and irreality, and even between life and death."

By Douglas J. Weatherford | September 27, 2023

The Rules of the Game: How Genre Can Illuminate Theme

The Rules of the Game: How Genre Can Illuminate Theme

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu on Crafting and Subverting Colonial and Postcolonial Narratives

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The Diving Suit and the Bathtub, or: How a Single Image Sparked a Whole Novel

The Diving Suit and the Bathtub, or: How a Single Image Sparked a Whole Novel

Steve Stern on the Haphazard Affair of Writing a Book

By Steve Stern | September 27, 2023

Listen to a Future Fable from Regina Kanyu Wang: “A Day of Snaky”

Listen to a Future Fable from Regina Kanyu Wang: “A Day of Snaky”

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Enduring Epics: Emily Wilson and Madeline Miller on Breathing New Life Into Ancient Classics

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The Author of Circe Talks to the Translator of The Iliad

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Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant,

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How Nora Fussner Turned a Reality TV Job Into a Novel

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The Author of The Invisible World on Her Life as a Logger

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Jayne Anne Phillips on Uncovering the Hidden Aftermath of the Civil War

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Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Night Watch

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Elisa Gabbert and Michael Joseph Walsh on Rilke's <em>The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge</em>

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In Conversation with Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast

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Peter Slen on Thomas Paine's <em>Common Sense</em>

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