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Art Imitates Life: Who Was the Real Woman Behind André Breton’s <em>Nadja</em>?

Art Imitates Life: Who Was the Real Woman Behind André Breton’s Nadja?

Mark Polizzotti Explores the Cultural Landscape of 1920s Paris Through the Eyes of the Surrealists and Their Muses

By Mark Polizzoti | June 16, 2025

Against Homophobic Traditionalism: The Revelations of Writing Queer Historical Fiction

Against Homophobic Traditionalism: The Revelations of Writing Queer Historical Fiction

Phil Melanson Argues on Leonardo da Vinci, Bad Reviews, and Bucking History'’s Heteronormativity

By Phil Melanson | June 16, 2025

Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s <em>Iliad</em>

Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s Iliad

Emily Hauser Explores Ancient Greek Visions of Gender

By Emily Hauser | June 13, 2025

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

The Author of “Everything Is Fine Here” Recalls a Seminal “This American Life” Episode

By Iryn Tushabe | June 13, 2025

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 Caroline Fraser, Jess Walter, Geoff Dyer, and More

By Book Marks | June 13, 2025

Food as First Language: Mike Curato on the Validation of Learning to Cook Filipino Food

Food as First Language: Mike Curato on the Validation of Learning to Cook Filipino Food

The Author of “Gaysians” Rediscovers Memories of an Immigrant Childhood Through Special Dishes

By Mike Curato | June 13, 2025

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | June 12, 2025

I Don’t Think My Fantasy-Writing Friend Will Get My Literary Fiction: Am I the Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | June 12, 2025

The Ultimate Summer 2025 Reading List

By Emily Temple | June 12, 2025

Jess Walter on the American Family Unplugged

Jess Walter on the American Family Unplugged

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 12, 2025

The Craft of This Mortal Coil: Jonathan Gluck on Writing a Different Cancer Story

The Craft of This Mortal Coil: Jonathan Gluck on Writing a Different Cancer Story

Terry McDonell in Conversation with the Author of “An Exercise in Uncertainty”

By Terry McDonell | June 11, 2025

On Reimagining <em>The Great Gatsby</em> as a Black American Story

On Reimagining The Great Gatsby as a Black American Story

Kyra Davis Lurie Explores Adaptations, Sugar Hill, and Fitzgerald’s Racism

By Kyra Davis Lurie | June 11, 2025

Sarah Aziza on Trying Not to Disappear

Sarah Aziza on Trying Not to Disappear

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | June 11, 2025

A Past Most Queer: Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Radical Gay Historical Fiction

A Past Most Queer: Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Radical Gay Historical Fiction

B. Pietras on Queering “Flint Anchor,” LGBTQ Historical Stories, and Finding the Present in the Past

By B. Pietras | June 10, 2025

Tyranny as Tragedy: On <em>King Lear</em>, Maoist China and the Unpredictable Nature of Power

Tyranny as Tragedy: On King Lear, Maoist China and the Unpredictable Nature of Power

Nan Z. Da Explores the Similarities Between Shakespeare’s Play and 20th-Century Totalitarian Reality

By Nan Z. Da | June 10, 2025

Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

Jonathan Parks-Ramage Explores Brilliantly Bad Fetes in Books by Edward St. Aubyn, Raven Leilani, Deborah Eisenberg, and Others

By Jonathan Parks-Ramage | June 10, 2025

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