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The Ongoing Exile of the Undocumented

The Ongoing Exile of the Undocumented

Oscar Villalon on The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez

By Oscar Villalon | May 17, 2019

Discovering an Iconic Literary Character Was Based on Your Grandfather

Discovering an Iconic Literary Character Was Based on Your Grandfather

Did Joseph Heller Base Catch-22's John Yossarian on Julius Fish?

By Brian Birnbaum | May 16, 2019

On a New Generation of Villainous Women, From Witches to Wicked Stepmothers

On a New Generation of Villainous Women, From Witches to Wicked Stepmothers

How Contemporary Writers Are Reframing Narratives Around Female Characters

By Alexis Gunderson | May 16, 2019

On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

Caroline Fraser: “Power and ambition in women are often hidden, buried, shrouded, disguised, crushed, thwarted, mocked, warped, punished, or excoriated.”

By Caroline Fraser | May 16, 2019

Is Masculinity a Terrorist Ideology?

Is Masculinity a Terrorist Ideology?

Lacy Johnson on Rachel Louise Snyder and the Ways We Name Violence

By Lacy M. Johnson | May 15, 2019

The 36 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em>

The 36 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Mrs. Dalloway

"Let us listen to an old farty woman stream her consciousness to us."

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2019

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Joanna Scutts on How We Find—and Lose—Women Writers

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Rebecca Solnit on Setting <em>Cinderella</em> Free for Contemporary Readers

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A Classic Fairytale Rebuilt as a Working Class Liberation Story

By Rebecca Solnit | May 7, 2019

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

Patricia Dwyer Revisits the Spaces She Has Lost

By Patricia M. Dwyer | May 7, 2019

Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

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What's Not to Love About Descriptions of Food and Strong Opinions About Poets?

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What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

Nam Le on David Malouf and the Violence of World-Building

By Nam Le | May 6, 2019

On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

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Because Guillotines and Eating the Rich Never Really Go Out of Style

By Tobias Carroll | May 3, 2019

Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

the integrity of her subject."">"She maintains her own integrity and she respects
the integrity of her subject."

By Anjelica Huston | May 3, 2019

<em>Finnegan's Wake</em> at 80: <br>In Defense of the Difficult

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