Anthony Vahni Capildeo on Kimberly Campanello's <em>An Interesting Detail</em>

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In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

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On “Mocha Dick,” the White Whale of the Pacific that Influenced Herman Melville

On “Mocha Dick,” the White Whale of the Pacific that Influenced Herman Melville

Tim Queeney Explores Ropemaking, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Jeremiah N. Reynolds’s Wild Tale

By Tim Queeney | August 12, 2025

Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?

Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?

Jess deCourcy Considers the Staying Power of Green Eggs and Ham

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | August 12, 2025

Constantine Cavafy: The Making of a Poet

Constantine Cavafy: The Making of a Poet

Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys on the Artistic Journey of Modern Greek Literature’s Most Distinguished Poetic Voice

By Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys | August 12, 2025

Tobias Wolff on Adrienne Salinger’s Iconic <em>Teenagers in Their Bedrooms</em> Thirty Years Later

Tobias Wolff on Adrienne Salinger’s Iconic Teenagers in Their Bedrooms Thirty Years Later

“The humanity of these young faces implies a depth of feeling and experience that their histories confirm.”

By Literary Hub | August 12, 2025

Jessica Francis Kane on Fictionalizing Penelope Fitzgerald’s Mexican Sojurn

Jessica Francis Kane on Fictionalizing Penelope Fitzgerald’s Mexican Sojurn

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Fonseca”

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On the Peace and Pleasure of Reading Books About Babies as a New Mother

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Ellyn Gaydos on William Carlos Williams, Annie Ernaux, and More

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How Would Jane Austen Define an “Accomplished Woman” Today?

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A Fantastical Odyssey Through Renaissance Italy: Álvaro Enrigue on <em>Bomarzo</em>

A Fantastical Odyssey Through Renaissance Italy: Álvaro Enrigue on Bomarzo

“Mujica Lainez’s Duke of Bomarzo is a lantern that illuminates... our tenebrous but also brilliant little lives.”

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The Case for Renaming Kafka’s <em>Metamorphosis</em> as <em>The Transformation</em>

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Mark Harman Digs into the History and Linguistic Choices of Translating an Uncanny Classic

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