Affinity Konar in Poland, Revisiting the Hardest Scenes from Her Novel

Affinity Konar in Poland, Revisiting the Hardest Scenes from Her Novel

From Krakow to Auschwitz, and Letting Go of Characters

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One of the Greatest English Prose Writers of All Time?

One of the Greatest English Prose Writers of All Time?

Ruth Scurr's Unconventional Biography Reveals the Genius of John Aubrey

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Real-Life British Spies <em>Did Not</em> Like John Le Carré

Real-Life British Spies Did Not Like John Le Carré

The Master Thriller Writer Recalls Lunch with Alec Guinness and a Grumpy Old Spy

By John le Carré | September 12, 2016

200 Years After the Embargo, Helen Garner Reviews <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>

200 Years After the Embargo, Helen Garner Reviews Pride and Prejudice

Very Many Spoilers Are Contained Within

By Helen Garner | September 9, 2016

How Individualism Conquered American Fiction

How Individualism Conquered American Fiction

On the "Imperial Self" and the Rejection of Social Responsibility

By Jonathon Sturgeon | September 8, 2016

Where Is Max Ritvo's Heaven?

Where Is Max Ritvo's Heaven?

On the Death of a Young Poet and the Limits of Imagination

By M. Sophia Newman | September 7, 2016

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How a Self-Published Writer of Gay Erotica Beat Sci-Fi's Sad Puppies at their Own Game

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Why Can't Irish Writers Escape the Sea?

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In Defense of Trash

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