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When Walt Whitman's Poems Were Rejected For Being Too Timely

When Walt Whitman's Poems Were Rejected For Being Too Timely

So1861">"1861" is Just So1861

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2018

Robert Gottlieb on a Neglected Russian Classic

Robert Gottlieb on a Neglected Russian Classic

Western Readers, if They Know it at All, Think of it As the Novel
About a Man Who Never Gets Out of Bed

By Robert Gottlieb | May 31, 2018

Is This the Year Dag Solstad Becomes a Household Name?

Is This the Year Dag Solstad Becomes a Household Name?

Two New Books in English by Norway's Best Living Writer

By Veronica Esposito | May 30, 2018

David Hayden:

David Hayden: "Men Still Too Often See Their Writing as the Canon"

An Homage to the Women Who Influenced My Writing

By David Hayden | May 25, 2018

Sex, Drugs, Rock n' Roll, and Mystical Poets

Sex, Drugs, Rock n' Roll, and Mystical Poets

An Essay/Conversation Between Beth Bachmann and Nick Flynn

By Literary Hub | May 23, 2018

The 12 Best Sherlock Holmes Stories, According to Arthur Conan Doyle

The 12 Best Sherlock Holmes Stories, According to Arthur Conan Doyle

After All, He Should Know

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2018

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A Close Reading of True Grit's Perfect First Paragraph

By Emily Temple | May 18, 2018

The Truth of Ray Bradbury's Prophetic Vision

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The Power of W. G. Sebald's Small Silences

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Rereading <em>Little Women</em> in its 150th Anniversary Year

Rereading Little Women in its 150th Anniversary Year

Could it Mean as Much to Me in My Thirties as it Had in Adolescence?

By Rebecca Foster | May 16, 2018

On Soseki's Bitingly Critical Novel, <em>I Am a Cat</em>

On Soseki's Bitingly Critical Novel, I Am a Cat

A Comic Evocation of the Author's Deep Pessimism about His Own Humanity

By John Nathan | May 16, 2018

George Saunders on the Emotional Realism of Bobbie Ann Mason

George Saunders on the Emotional Realism of Bobbie Ann Mason

Her Fiction is a Scale Model Where People Wander Beautiful, Hostile Dreamscapes

By George Saunders | May 15, 2018

Paul Bowles: 'Here's My Message. Everything Gets Worse'

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By Paul Theroux | May 11, 2018

Reading <em>The Golden Notebook</em> During a Summer of Too Many Weddings

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On Doris Lessing's Exploration of the "Free Woman"

By Lara Feigel | May 10, 2018

Why Do Horror Stories Resonate So Deeply Right Now?

Why Do Horror Stories Resonate So Deeply Right Now?

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What Snow White and the Evil Queen Taught Me About Desire

What Snow White and the Evil Queen Taught Me About Desire

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By Julia Fine | May 8, 2018

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