Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Anthony Domestico Offers a Close Reading of an Underappreciated Novelist

By Anthony Domestico | February 16, 2022

“Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

“Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | February 16, 2022

Alex McElroy on R.L. Stine, Casey Plett, and a masterclass of self-deception

Alex McElroy on R.L. Stine, Casey Plett, and a masterclass of self-deception

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of The Atmospherians

By Book Marks | February 16, 2022

How Lewis Carroll Built a World Where Nothing Needs to Make Sense

How Lewis Carroll Built a World Where Nothing Needs to Make Sense

Erin Morgenstern on Why We Return to Alice

By Erin Morgenstern | February 16, 2022

Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

Mary Kuryla Recommends Toni Morrison, Joy Williams, T Kira Madden, and Others

By Mary Kuryla | February 16, 2022

American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

Ilan Stavans on One of Democracy’s Bedrock Institutions

By Ilan Stavans | February 16, 2022

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On Jessie Redmon Fauset, the Harlem Renaissance Writer Long Overdue for a Resurgence

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“We Get to Be Young Only Once.” On My Life-Changing Discovery of Laurie Colwin

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On the Feminine Urge to Murder

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Heather O'Neill Considers Rage and Femininity

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The Unspeakable Through the Diminutive: Read a 1986 Review of <em>Maus</em>

The Unspeakable Through the Diminutive: Read a 1986 Review of Maus

The New York Times on Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer-Winning Graphic Novel

By Book Marks | February 15, 2022

Qualities of Magic: On Books You'll Keep Coming Back To

Qualities of Magic: On Books You'll Keep Coming Back To

Kate Gale Recommends Paul Bowles, Ursula K. Le Guin, and More!

By Dr. Kate Gale | February 15, 2022

In the Resurgence of Folk Horror, We Are the Villains

In the Resurgence of Folk Horror, We Are the Villains

Michelle Nijhuis on Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched:
A History of Folk Horror

By Michelle Nijhuis | February 14, 2022

Grace Lavery’s Reading List of Queer Treasures

Grace Lavery’s Reading List of Queer Treasures

What You Need to Know About Harry/Draco Fic, Opera,
and Queer History

By Grace Lavery | February 14, 2022

The Loyal, the Requited, the Tender: Kathryn Schulz on the Pleasures of Love’s Middle

The Loyal, the Requited, the Tender: Kathryn Schulz on the Pleasures of Love’s Middle

The Author of Lost & Found Considers the Story of Anteros

By Kathryn Schulz | February 14, 2022

Anahid Nersessian’s Close Reading of Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

Anahid Nersessian’s Close Reading of Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 14, 2022

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