Emily Wilson Talks Complicated Men, Celebrating Strangeness, and Why There is Always Another Way to Say It

Emily Wilson Talks Complicated Men, Celebrating Strangeness, and Why There is Always Another Way to Say It

In Conversation with Leanne Ogasawara

By Leanne Ogasawara | September 8, 2026

Brian Dillon on What Virginia Woolf’s <em>The Waves</em> Means to Him

Brian Dillon on What Virginia Woolf’s The Waves Means to Him

“It is the first novel he has ever read that makes him consider seriously the form of a human life.”

By Brian Dillon | September 8, 2026

How—and Why—We Find Ourselves Trapped By Our Jobs

How—and Why—We Find Ourselves Trapped By Our Jobs

Lindsay Crouse on the Perils of Over Self-Identification With What We Do For a Living

By Lindsay Crouse | September 8, 2026

What the Ghetto of Venice Reveals About Jewish History and Identity in Europe

What the Ghetto of Venice Reveals About Jewish History and Identity in Europe

From Alexander Lee's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted The First Ghetto

By Alexander Lee | September 8, 2026

This Week in Literary History: William S. Burroughs Kills Joan Vollmer in a Drunken Game of “William Tell”

This Week in Literary History: William S. Burroughs Kills Joan Vollmer in a Drunken Game of “William Tell”

The Most Notorious Party “Game” in Literary History

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Anna Silman on Revisiting the Interview

Anna Silman on Revisiting the Interview

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | September 8, 2026

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How Fordism and Fascism Gave Birth to Modern Car Culture

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Latin America’s Agrarian Novels Chronicled the Birth of a New World

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On Edmond Albius, the Enslaved Man Who Pioneered the Pollination of Vanilla

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How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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Here’s What to Read Once You Get Through Weird Girl Lit 101

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