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Of War and Capitalism: The Debate About <em>All Quiet on the Western Front</em> Goes All the Way Back to the Book

Of War and Capitalism: The Debate About All Quiet on the Western Front Goes All the Way Back to the Book

Bruce Krajewski on the Criticism of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 Novel and Its Oscar-Nominated Adaptation

By Bruce Krajewski | March 2, 2023

Revelations of Language: On Prose Poetry and the Beauty of a Single Sentence

Revelations of Language: On Prose Poetry and the Beauty of a Single Sentence

Nick Ripatrazone Looks at Journals Dedicated to the Prose Poem

By Nick Ripatrazone | March 2, 2023

<em>More to Say</em>: Ann Beattie on Her New Collection of Essays, Donald Barthelme, and the Chinese Spy Balloon

More to Say: Ann Beattie on Her New Collection of Essays, Donald Barthelme, and the Chinese Spy Balloon

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 2, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“All the culture war Mad Libs can’t distract from the dull coldness at this book’s core.”

By Book Marks | March 2, 2023

A Multiverse of Words: Mirza Waheed on the Happy Coincidences of Omnivorous Reading

A Multiverse of Words: Mirza Waheed on the Happy Coincidences of Omnivorous Reading

“I’ve been trying to bring back to life that old, unencumbered young reader who reads what absorbs him, at leisure, at ease.”

By Mirza Waheed | March 2, 2023

Just the Right Book: What We’re Reading

Just the Right Book: What We’re Reading

Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein Talk New and Noteworthy Books

By Just the Right Book | March 2, 2023

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On Borders Concrete and Intangible: A Reading List of the Inbetween

By Fatin Abbas | March 2, 2023

How the Victorians Created the Modern English Novel

By Katie Lumsden | March 2, 2023

How Karl Lagerfeld Learned to Love Literature

By William Middleton | March 1, 2023

March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New reads from Max Gladstone, Shannon Chakraborty, Moses Ose Utomi, and More

By Natalie Zutter | March 1, 2023

The Booker Revisited: Why Everyone Should Read Francis King’s <em>The Nick of Time</em>

The Booker Revisited: Why Everyone Should Read Francis King’s The Nick of Time

In a New Series, Lucy Scholes Reads the Booker Prize Titles of Years Past

By Lucy Scholes | March 1, 2023

V. V. Ganeshananthan: “When Americans Read Other Countries, Those Countries are Flattened Down to One Point”

V. V. Ganeshananthan: “When Americans Read Other Countries, Those Countries are Flattened Down to One Point”

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Eloise King-Clements | March 1, 2023

TikTok has awoken and found itself with a mad crush on Kafka.

TikTok has awoken and found itself with a mad crush on Kafka.

By Janet Manley | February 28, 2023

Pinning Down the Cagey Emotions of Poet Amy Clampitt

Pinning Down the Cagey Emotions of Poet Amy Clampitt

Willard Spiegelman on the Mysteries of Biography in the Poetic Realm

By Willard Spiegelman | February 28, 2023

Donal Ryan on Mourning the Death of an Unpublishable Novel

Donal Ryan on Mourning the Death of an Unpublishable Novel

“This was my art but it really only benefited me, and I couldn’t expect anyone to invest in it or to pay for it.”

By Donal Ryan | February 28, 2023

Spectacular Pseudoscience: The Fall and Rise of Bioelectricity

Spectacular Pseudoscience: The Fall and Rise of Bioelectricity

Sally Adee on the Origins of Frankenstein and the Dark Ethics of Electroshock Technology

By Sally Adee | February 28, 2023

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