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On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

Rosalind Miles Considers Progress, Change, and "Lady Novelists"

By Rosalind Miles | February 5, 2021

<em>Egyptian Nights and Other Tales of Romance and Imagination</em> by Alexander Pushkin, Read by Stefan Rudnicki

Egyptian Nights and Other Tales of Romance and Imagination by Alexander Pushkin, Read by Stefan Rudnicki

Explore Classic Stories of Russian Literature

By Behind the Mic | February 5, 2021

What Does It Mean to Write a Political Novel?

What Does It Mean to Write a Political Novel?

Tobias Carroll: When Fury Meets Fiction

By Tobias Carroll | February 4, 2021

On the Complexities of Motherhood: A Reading List

On the Complexities of Motherhood: A Reading List

Avni Doshi Recommends Jhumpa Lahiri, Rachel Cusk, and More

By Avni Doshi | February 4, 2021

How Writing a Book Within a Book Saved My Novel

How Writing a Book Within a Book Saved My Novel

K Chess on the Importance Nested Narratives

By K Chess | February 4, 2021

The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

Philip Metres Seeks Unoccupied Spaces for Conversation

By Philip Metres | February 3, 2021

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Lauren Oyler: Twitter has gotten so crazy... What if my book isn’t crazy enough?

By Kyle Chayka | February 3, 2021

Reading My Way Through a Pandemic with Post-Apocalyptic Literature

By Maria E. Andreu | February 3, 2021

How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

By Jan-Peter Westad | February 3, 2021

<em>Reading Women</em> Recommends Books That Center Black Joy

Reading Women Recommends Books That Center Black Joy

Featuring Leah Johnson, Alecia McKenzie, and Lupita Nyong'o

By Reading Women | February 3, 2021

What Can an Intellectual Do? On Wallace Shawn’s <em>The Designated Mourner</em>

What Can an Intellectual Do? On Wallace Shawn’s The Designated Mourner

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | February 2, 2021

What Richard Wollheim Taught Us About the ‘Finished State’ of a Person

What Richard Wollheim Taught Us About the ‘Finished State’ of a Person

Sheila Heti on the British Philosopher's Memoir, Germs

By Sheila Heti | February 2, 2021

Literary Disco Discusses Shruti Swamy's

Literary Disco Discusses Shruti Swamy's "The Neighbors"

Julia, Rider, and Tod on the Artful Short Story

By Literary Disco | February 2, 2021

Who Are the Mean Girls<br> in Literature?

Who Are the Mean Girls
in Literature?

Ellie Eaton Names Caroline Bingely, Vittoria, and Many More

By Ellie Eaton | February 1, 2021

How Should a Person Write <br>About the Internet?

How Should a Person Write
About the Internet?

On Debut Novels by Lauren Oyler and Patricia Lockwood

By Emily Temple | February 1, 2021

Searching for Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's Would-Be Suitor, Tom Lefroy

Searching for Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's Would-Be Suitor, Tom Lefroy

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | February 1, 2021

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