On Flannery O’Connor’s Chronic Illness... and Chronic Racism

On Flannery O’Connor’s Chronic Illness... and Chronic Racism

Maggie Levantovskaya Searches for Literary Narratives of Lupus

By Maggie Levantovskaya | August 6, 2020

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Odie Lindsey on POV Shifts and Moral Dilemmas on
Red Headed Stranger

By Odie Lindsey | August 5, 2020

A Taxonomy of Nonfiction; <br>Or the Pleasures of Precision

A Taxonomy of Nonfiction;
Or the Pleasures of Precision

Karen Babine on the Peculiarities of Genre, Form, and More

By Karen Babine | August 3, 2020

The Essential Steven Millhauser: Where to Start With An Underrated American Master

The Essential Steven Millhauser: Where to Start With An Underrated American Master

Spoiler Alert: It's Not With Martin Dressler

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2020

Jeet Heer on the Complex Origins of Little Orphan Annie

Jeet Heer on the Complex Origins of Little Orphan Annie

"No one story can completely explain Annie."

By Jeet Heer | August 3, 2020

Joy Williams on the Troubling Grace and Strange Assurances of Brad Watson's Work

Joy Williams on the Troubling Grace and Strange Assurances of Brad Watson's Work

loneliness and wonder."">"He could be appallingly funny yet tap into a grievous
loneliness and wonder."

By Joy Williams | August 3, 2020

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On Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's Rise to the Top of Brazilian Literature

By Robin Patterson and Margaret Jull Costa | August 3, 2020

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

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My Unborn Baby Has Strong Opinions About Classic Literature

By Kate Gavino | July 30, 2020

A New Generation of Writers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Narrates Life<br> Beyond War

A New Generation of Writers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Narrates Life
Beyond War

Stacy Mattingly on the Country's Renewed Literary World

By Stacy Mattingly | July 30, 2020

The Literary Life of Pessoa's Alter Ego

The Literary Life of Pessoa's Alter Ego

Jerónimo Pizarro and Patricio Ferrari on a Man Who Came
"Out of Nothing"

By Jerónimo Pizarro and Patricio Ferrari | July 29, 2020

Some of the Earliest Written Dialogues Were in Middle English Literature

Some of the Earliest Written Dialogues Were in Middle English Literature

David Crystal on Quarrels, Secrets and Other Exchanges

By David Crystal | July 28, 2020

Amiri Baraka's Anti-Epic Poem About America's Destruction

Amiri Baraka's Anti-Epic Poem About America's Destruction

The Poet Was Accused of Antisemitism After Presenting "Somebody Blew Up America"

By Michael Leong | July 28, 2020

On Jane Austen's Politics of Walking

On Jane Austen's Politics of Walking

Rachel Cohen: These Characters Walk to Be Themselves and to Change

By Rachel Cohen | July 24, 2020

Catherine Lacey is Not Interested in Promises of Redemption

Catherine Lacey is Not Interested in Promises of Redemption

The Author of Pew Talks to Kristin Iversen
About God, Alienation, and More

By Kristin Iversen | July 23, 2020

Arthur C. Clarke's Scientific Romances Eschew Spectacle for Dumbstruck Wonder

Arthur C. Clarke's Scientific Romances Eschew Spectacle for Dumbstruck Wonder

John Clute on Rendezvous with Rama

By John Clute | July 23, 2020

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