Was <em>Jane Eyre</em> Written as a Secret Love Letter?

Was Jane Eyre Written as a Secret Love Letter?

An Autobiography Transformed Into a Novel

By John Pfordresher | June 26, 2017

On a Wonderful, Beautiful, Almost Failed Sentence By Virginia Woolf

On a Wonderful, Beautiful, Almost Failed Sentence By Virginia Woolf

A Close Reading of the Opening Lines to an Iconic Essay, 'On Being Ill'

By Brian Dillon | June 21, 2017

To Catch the Conscience of the President: On the Power of Theater

To Catch the Conscience of the President: On the Power of Theater

How We Retell our Stories, From Shakespeare to Beckett to Anne Washburn

By Veronica Esposito | June 20, 2017

Tolerance and Islamophobia in 16th-Century Spain, Not So Different from Now

Tolerance and Islamophobia in 16th-Century Spain, Not So Different from Now

Matthew Carr Moves from Nonfiction to Fiction in Exploring Muslim Spain

By Matthew Carr | June 19, 2017

In Grief, Joan Didion's Move From Fiction to Memoir

In Grief, Joan Didion's Move From Fiction to Memoir

David Ulin on Moving from Journalism to Fiction to Memoir

By David L. Ulin | June 15, 2017

Wallace Shawn: How Should a Person Be?

Wallace Shawn: How Should a Person Be?

On Revenge, Punishment, Bravery, and Cowardice

By Wallace Shawn | June 13, 2017

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Huckleberry Kat: How Mark Twain Influenced George Herriman

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Revisiting Jenny Diski's Debut, Sadomasochistic Novel

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On Nothing Natural and the Literature of Sexual Submission

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My Fictional Nemesis: Why Thomas Hardy's Angel Clare is the <em>Worst</em>

My Fictional Nemesis: Why Thomas Hardy's Angel Clare is the Worst

Against Fraudulent Nice Guys and Fake Woke Baes

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Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

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Franz Kafka, the Ultimate Self-Doubting Writer

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