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On The Many Hauntings of Langston Hughes

On The Many Hauntings of Langston Hughes

Nick Ripatrazone Considers the Poet's Close Encounters With the Supernatural

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 31, 2023

“A monster can look like whatever it wants”: On the Allure of Literary Monsters

“A monster can look like whatever it wants”: On the Allure of Literary Monsters

Adrian Van Young on the Monstrous Stories That Shaped Him

By Adrian Van Young | October 31, 2023

The Scariest, Creepiest, and Most Frightening Animals in Fiction

The Scariest, Creepiest, and Most Frightening Animals in Fiction

Justin C. Key Finds the Best (or Worst?) in Horror

By Justin C Key | October 31, 2023

Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

Tyler Malone on the Canker in the Classroom

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2023

A Master Class in Words: On the Vitality and Vividness of <em>The Iliad</em>'s Opening Lines

A Master Class in Words: On the Vitality and Vividness of The Iliad's Opening Lines

Robin Lane Fox Considers the Movement of Homer's Epic

By Robin Lane Fox | October 30, 2023

America's First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

America's First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 30, 2023

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October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

By Book Marks | October 27, 2023

October's Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | October 27, 2023

Molly McGhee on the Importance of Acknowledgments

By The Maris Review | October 26, 2023

Jonathan Lethem on the Depths of Gentrification

Jonathan Lethem on the Depths of Gentrification

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 26, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"It’s nearly impossible to come out of it without empathy for and real outrage on behalf of Spears."

By Book Marks | October 26, 2023

Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of The Strange God Who Makes Us

By Peter Mishler | October 25, 2023

Nonfiction That Rivals <em>Little Women</em>: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

Liz Rosenberg on the Literary Marvels of Alcott's Memoirs

By Liz Rosenberg | October 24, 2023

Why It Matters How We Tell the Story of Sinead O'Connor

Why It Matters How We Tell the Story of Sinead O'Connor

Allyson McCabe on the Power of Accepting that a Memoir May Contain Contradictions

By Allyson McCabe | October 23, 2023

Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 23, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Teju Cole, Sly Stone, Marie NDiaye and More

By Book Marks | October 20, 2023

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