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Abusive soccer star Ryan Giggs is also responsible for the worst “love” poem ever written.

Abusive soccer star Ryan Giggs is also responsible for the worst “love” poem ever written.

By Jonny Diamond | August 19, 2022

Art Doesn’t Care If You Like It: Gabrielle Bellot on <em>The Sandman</em> Adaptation

Art Doesn’t Care If You Like It: Gabrielle Bellot on The Sandman Adaptation

“Why should art need to appease and excite everyone at once?”

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 19, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles by Beth Macy, Édouard Louis, Sidik Fofana, Nuar Alsadir, and More

By Book Marks | August 19, 2022

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

Part Three in the “13 Ways of Looking” Series

By Maud Newton | August 18, 2022

What a New Translation of <em>Beowulf</em> Says About Extinction

What a New Translation of Beowulf Says About Extinction

Lydia Pyne on Talking About Species Loss

By Lydia Pyne | August 18, 2022

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

“I did not grow up with children’s books about Japanese American incarceration. There were not many.”

By Brandon Shimoda | August 18, 2022

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The PRH Trial Has Revealed a Barely Hidden Scorn for Independent Publishers

By Margot Atwell | August 18, 2022

Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 18, 2022

Beyond the Anthropocentric: When Plants Become Literary Characters

By Coco Picard | August 18, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog’s eye goo."

By Book Marks | August 18, 2022

Why Her Intensely Complicated and Complex Life Made Colette a Great Writer

Why Her Intensely Complicated and Complex Life Made Colette a Great Writer

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By Book Dreams | August 18, 2022

On Writing About Childhood, That Most Precious, Precarious Time

On Writing About Childhood, That Most Precious, Precarious Time

Sadie Jones Follows the Lead of Her Young Protagonists

By Sadie Jones | August 18, 2022

The Life and Stories of Diane Oliver

The Life and Stories of Diane Oliver

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By Ursa | August 17, 2022

The Joys of Influence: In Praise of Intertextuality

The Joys of Influence: In Praise of Intertextuality

Dur e Aziz Amna on the Work That Laid the Foundation for Her Debut Novel

By Dur e Aziz Amna | August 17, 2022

On James Joyce, <em>Ulysses</em>, and the Irish Jewish Community

On James Joyce, Ulysses, and the Irish Jewish Community

Jo Glanville Chronicles Her Family's Story in Ireland

By Jo Glanville | August 17, 2022

Incriminating Texts and Embarrassing Photos: What Nada Alic Needed to Write Her Debut Story Collection

Incriminating Texts and Embarrassing Photos: What Nada Alic Needed to Write Her Debut Story Collection

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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