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Holden Caulfield: Egotistical Whiner or Melancholy Boy Genius?

Holden Caulfield: Egotistical Whiner or Melancholy Boy Genius?

From Jesus-Figure to Incestuous Impulses, 13 Critics Weigh In

By Emily Temple | July 2, 2018

Will a Woman Writer Win Italy's Strega Prize This Year?

Will a Woman Writer Win Italy's Strega Prize This Year?

Since First Awarded in 1947, Only 10 Women Have Won It

By Jeanne Bonner | July 2, 2018

Why James Baldwin Went to the South and What It Meant to Him

Why James Baldwin Went to the South and What It Meant to Him

"Everybody Else was Paying Their Dues, and it was Time I Went Home and Paid Mine"

By Ed Pavlić | June 29, 2018

The Enduring Enigma of Véra Nabokov

The Enduring Enigma of Véra Nabokov

Why We Can't Stop Trying to Figure Her Out, in Fiction and Biography

By Miranda Popkey | June 28, 2018

Why We Love—and Need to Leave Behind—Dead Girl Stories

Why We Love—and Need to Leave Behind—Dead Girl Stories

"The Way We Tell Them Gives Us Permission to Look Away from Obvious Patterns"

By Kristen Martin | June 27, 2018

Richard Flanagan on Social Media and the Death of a Private Life

Richard Flanagan on Social Media and the Death of a Private Life

In an Ever More Conformist Age, Reading is a Subversive Act

By Richard Flanagan | June 21, 2018

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A Close Reading of the 'Censored' Passages of The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Havoc: A Cynical (and Personal) Portrayal of Alcoholism

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Penelope Lively on Virginia Woolf: Serious Gardener?

Penelope Lively on Virginia Woolf: Serious Gardener?

On the Rich Landscapes of To the Lighthouse and "Kew Gardens"

By Penelope Lively | June 14, 2018

The 1961 Novel That Makes a Great Case for Moviegoing

The 1961 Novel That Makes a Great Case for Moviegoing

On Walker Percy's The Moviegoer

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Stephen King: Master of Almost All the Genres Except

Stephen King: Master of Almost All the Genres Except "Literary"

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A Conflicted Feminist Revenge Fantasy for the #MeToo Era

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Why is <em>Bad Behavior</em> So Good?

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The Maternal, Feminist Utopias of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Maternal, Feminist Utopias of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Famous for "The Yellow Wallpaper," Gilman Had an Optimistic Streak

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The Nightmarish Dream Logic of Bruno Schulz

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