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The Best Books About Books: Part 2

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

On Works of Criticism by Cynthia Ozick, C.D. Wright, Teju Cole, and More

By Jonathan Russell Clark | July 21, 2016

What If I'm Actually a Character in a Larry McMurtry Novel?

What If I'm Actually a Character in a Larry McMurtry Novel?

On the Beautiful Losers of Texas, and Returning to Where You Came From

By Claudia Smith | July 20, 2016

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Matthew Cheney Remembers the Books That Helped Him Survive

By Matthew Cheney | July 20, 2016

On the Journals of Famous Writers

On the Journals of Famous Writers

Dustin Illingworth Eavesdrops on Flannery O'Connor, Susan Sontag, and More

By Dustin Illingworth | July 19, 2016

Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature

Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature

On the Ontology of a Stuffed Tiger and Finding the Whole World in a Comic

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 18, 2016

Why Do We Write About Orphans So Much?

Why Do We Write About Orphans So Much?

Examining an Eternal Literary Trope

By Liz Moore | July 18, 2016

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When Grief Becomes Surreal

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Building a Better Definition of Science Fiction

By Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer | July 14, 2016

I Found a Rare Copy of June Allison Gibbons' Outsider Novel

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On the Unusual Case of the Infamous "Silent Twins" and Their Literary Aspirations

By Kelsey Osgood | July 13, 2016

Poetry is the Place for Joy: Or How We Praise the Mutilated World

Poetry is the Place for Joy: Or How We Praise the Mutilated World

On Ross Gay, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Alan Shapiro, and Paisley Rekdal

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How the French Reread Proust

How the French Reread Proust

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Really, Here's Why You Should Read Proust

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Oedipa Maas: Our Guide to Contemporary Paranoia

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The Genius of William Shawn, and the Invention of <em>The New Yorker</em>

The Genius of William Shawn, and the Invention of The New Yorker

David Remnick on the Post-War Evolution of an American Literary Institution

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