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The Ghost of Christmas Cheer

The Ghost of Christmas Cheer

How the Holiday's Reception Has Changed Since Dickens' Time

By Timothy Hallinan | December 20, 2016

My Louise Bourgeois

My Louise Bourgeois

Siri Hustvedt on the complex, brilliant, contradictory artist

By Siri Hustvedt | December 19, 2016

The Best Children's Books Appeal to All Ages

The Best Children's Books Appeal to All Ages

On Elena Ferrante, Anonymity, and Writing Across Generations

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 16, 2016

Joan Didion's Disaffected Literary Descendants

Joan Didion's Disaffected Literary Descendants

On the New Generation of Wayward Daughter Protagonists

By Katie Dobbs | December 16, 2016

Getting Lost in William Trevor's Private World

Getting Lost in William Trevor's Private World

D. Wystan Owen on the Haunting Intimacy of Trevor's Short Fiction

By D. Wystan Owen | December 16, 2016

Basking in Shirley Hazzard's Pure, Cold Light

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Mary Duffy Remembers the Shimmering Crispness of Hazzard's Prose

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