The Comical, Ominous Power of a Shakespearean Mob

The Comical, Ominous Power of a Shakespearean Mob

Robert McCrum Explores Popular Revolt in Shakespeare

By Robert McCrum | August 30, 2021

Imaginary Kingdoms: On the Power of Literature That Speaks to Children and Adults Alike

Imaginary Kingdoms: On the Power of Literature That Speaks to Children and Adults Alike

Stephen Prickett Considers J.R.R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, and the Power of Blending Fantasy with Reality

By Stephen Prickett | August 30, 2021

Who Was Mary Shelley, Daughter?

Who Was Mary Shelley, Daughter?

Samantha Silva on the Liminal Space Between Daughterhood and Motherhood

By Samantha Silva | August 30, 2021

On Henry James’s Very Long Short Story

On Henry James’s Very Long Short Story

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 30, 2021

How the War Made Wittgenstein the Philosopher He Was

How the War Made Wittgenstein the Philosopher He Was

Richard Barnett Reads the Tractatus as Modernist War Poetry

By Richard Barnett | August 27, 2021

Who Gets To Be <em>Bossypants</em>? On Class and Privilege in Female Comedians’ Memoirs

Who Gets To Be Bossypants? On Class and Privilege in Female Comedians’ Memoirs

Sarah Jaffe on Ellie Kemper, Tina Fey, and Tiffany Haddish

By Sarah Jaffe | August 27, 2021

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Kia Corthron on the Challenges of Dialect in Historical Fiction

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Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

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Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Doireann Ní Ghríofa's A Ghost in the Throat

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Divine Intervention: 6 Books About Women Leaving Strict Religious Communities and Finding Themselves

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Jaye Viner Recommends Narratives of Personal Exodus

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10 Short Stories with Great Dialogue That Aren’t “Hills Like White Elephants”

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Do You Believe in Life After Hemingway?

By Emily Temple | August 25, 2021

On Finally Being Old Enough<br> to Love Proust

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Adam Bonislawski Finds Peace in Entropy at the Heart of a Literary Classic

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