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Mysterious, Isolated and Seductive: The Map of Literary Islands That Inspired My Novel

Mysterious, Isolated and Seductive: The Map of Literary Islands That Inspired My Novel

Christiana Spens: “Even when you have left an island, it lingers on in your imagination as a half-real and half-made-up place.”

By Christiana Spens | May 11, 2026

The Surprising Similarities Between the Kardashians and WWE

The Surprising Similarities Between the Kardashians and WWE

MJ Corey on the Emotional Athleticism and Performance Spectacle of Keeping Up With the Kardashians

By MJ Corey | May 11, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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Featuring Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart, Siri Hustvedt, and more

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What Our Ideas About Ugliness Reveal About Our Anxieties Surrounding Gender

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Stephanie Fairyington Considers How the Stigmatization of Queerness Influences Beauty Standards

By Stephanie Fairyington | May 8, 2026

“The Data Shows We’re Never Truly Alone.” What Our Online Searches Say About Loss

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How My Mother Made Magic Happen

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Perdita Finn Remembers a Childhood of Spectacular Halloween Costumes

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Tom Junod on Finding the Right Trick

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Why Writing Stories For Children is So Much Harder Than Writing Stories For Adults

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Am I the Literary Asshole For Thinking Most Writers Are Trash, Actually?

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Fellow Travelers: On Reimagining Chaucer in Post-Soviet Ukraine

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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In Writing About Cults (and Religion) Telling is Better than Showing

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Harrison Hill in Conversation with Benjamin Hale

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On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

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New York Pastoral: Sitting Outside and Inside With Eileen Myles

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Rosa Campbell Considers the Decades-Long Development of an Iconic Poetic Voice

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Where I End, the Writing Begins: What Undergoing Surgery Taught Me About Transcendence

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