On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

The Making of an Iconic Essayist

By Ed Pavlić | December 10, 2018

Poet of the Disappeared: On the Writing of Raúl Zurita

Poet of the Disappeared: On the Writing of Raúl Zurita

"There is power and agency in staying in a dangerous place when one has the choice to leave."

By Norma Cole | December 7, 2018

Of Willa Cather's Lasting Love For the Frontier

Of Willa Cather's Lasting Love For the Frontier

"I Do Think My Heart Never Got Across the Missouri River.”

By Catherine Pond | December 7, 2018

Looking for God in the Writing of Denis Johnson

Looking for God in the Writing of Denis Johnson

"Eternity, in Johnson’s work, is a thing you can hold in your hands."

By Aaron Thier | December 5, 2018

What Was Virginia Woolf Looking for in the Night Sky?

What Was Virginia Woolf Looking for in the Night Sky?

On Her Obsession with Astronomy

By Josh Wilbur | December 4, 2018

A Close-Reading of <em>The Talented Mr. Ripley</em> as Coming of Age Story

A Close-Reading of The Talented Mr. Ripley as Coming of Age Story

Dickie Greenleaf! Is It Really You?

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2018

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How to Be an African Travel Writer in Africa?

By Emmanuel Iduma | November 29, 2018

The Avid Reader: Helen Schulman on As I Lay Dying

By Helen Schulman | November 29, 2018

Does Art Originate From the Same Necessity That Gives Rise to Beehives?

By Inger Christensen | November 27, 2018

Why Look at Art When You Could Watch TV?

Why Look at Art When You Could Watch TV?

On John Berger's Revolutionary Art Criticism

By Joshua Sperling | November 26, 2018

Revisiting the Genius of <em>Middlemarch</em>

Revisiting the Genius of Middlemarch

On the Occasion of George Eliot's 199th Birthday Eve

By John Mullan | November 21, 2018

Stop Dismissing Inclusive Children's Books as 'Too Political'

Stop Dismissing Inclusive Children's Books as 'Too Political'

Librarian Erinn Salge on the Importance of Seeing Yourself on the Page

By Erinn Salge | November 21, 2018

Before the Neapolitan Quartet, There Was <em>Sula</em>

Before the Neapolitan Quartet, There Was Sula

Why Was Only One of These An International Phenomenon?

By Gwen Aviles | November 19, 2018

The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

Political Parables of 19th-Century Democracy

By Jack Zipes and Édouard Laboulaye | November 19, 2018

How Saul Bellow Reckoned with Money and Fame

How Saul Bellow Reckoned with Money and Fame

"Guys, I'm Rich. What Can I Get For You?"

By Zachary Leader | November 15, 2018

12 Writers on Their Own Famous Books

12 Writers on Their Own Famous Books

Atwood, Murakami, Roth and Others Unpack Their Masterpieces

By Emily Temple | November 14, 2018

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