On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

For Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Strangeness Was a
Matter of Perspective

By Caryl Emerson | August 31, 2020

The Ecstasy of Reading (and Rereading) <em>Anna Karenina</em>

The Ecstasy of Reading (and Rereading) Anna Karenina

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 31, 2020

She Said She Would Write the Essay Herself: Reading Virginia Woolf in Middle Age

She Said She Would Write the Essay Herself: Reading Virginia Woolf in Middle Age

Heather O'Neill Discovers Many Ways to See the Self in Mrs Dalloway

By Heather O'Neill | August 28, 2020

Learning to Appreciate the Small Things From a 1,000-Year-Old Japanese Writer

Learning to Appreciate the Small Things From a 1,000-Year-Old Japanese Writer

Eric Weiner on Reading Sei Shōnagon

By Eric Weiner | August 28, 2020

Carlos Fonseca on Harnessing the Literary Power of Tedium

Carlos Fonseca on Harnessing the Literary Power of Tedium

The Author of Natural History in Conversation with Juan Toledo

By Juan Toledo | August 28, 2020

The New Seduction of an Old Literary Crime Classic

The New Seduction of an Old Literary Crime Classic

Eugen Bacon Pays Homage to Peter Temple's Truth

By Eugen Bacon | August 27, 2020

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  • The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

On the Anti-Western Genre Set in America's Surreal Borderlands

By Mike Soto | August 26, 2020

Joy Harjo on the Diverse, Groundbreaking World of Indigenous Poetry

By Joy Harjo | August 26, 2020

Was The Graduate Inspired by a Brontë Family Scandal?

By Finola Austin | August 26, 2020

Do we really need another book about Henry David Thoreau?

Do we really need another book about Henry David Thoreau?

By Jonny Diamond | August 25, 2020

On John Berger and Rediscovering Drawing During Lockdown

On John Berger and Rediscovering Drawing During Lockdown

David Farrier Returns to the "Edge of What He's Become"

By David Farrier | August 25, 2020

<em>Behind the Mic</em>: On <em>Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen</em> by Alison Weir, Read by Rosalyn Landor

Behind the Mic: On Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir, Read by Rosalyn Landor

Listen to Rich Historical Fiction Perfect For Fans of Tudor History

By Behind the Mic | August 25, 2020

What Does Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 Offer Readers Today?

What Does Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 Offer Readers Today?

Introducing The History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | August 24, 2020

In Life as in Mythology, Greece is a Place of Frustrated Migrations

In Life as in Mythology, Greece is a Place of Frustrated Migrations

Matteo Nucci on Odysseus, the Greco-Turkish War, and the Plight of Modern Refugees

By Matteo Nucci | August 24, 2020

Benjamin Nugent on Writing About Male Privilege After #MeToo

Benjamin Nugent on Writing About Male Privilege After #MeToo

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 24, 2020

Dear <em>Catcher in the Rye</em>: <br>A Love Letter

Dear Catcher in the Rye:
A Love Letter

Mary O’Connell on Her Favorite Book and Its Conflicted Legacy

By Mary O'Connell | August 21, 2020

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