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Looking for God in the Writing of Denis Johnson

Looking for God in the Writing of Denis Johnson

"Eternity, in Johnson’s work, is a thing you can hold in your hands."

By Aaron Thier | December 5, 2018

What Was Virginia Woolf Looking for in the Night Sky?

What Was Virginia Woolf Looking for in the Night Sky?

On Her Obsession with Astronomy

By Josh Wilbur | December 4, 2018

A Close-Reading of <em>The Talented Mr. Ripley</em> as Coming of Age Story

A Close-Reading of The Talented Mr. Ripley as Coming of Age Story

Dickie Greenleaf! Is It Really You?

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2018

How to Be an African Travel Writer in Africa?

How to Be an African Travel Writer in Africa?

Emmanuel Iduma Surveys a Complicated Oeuvre

By Emmanuel Iduma | November 29, 2018

The Avid Reader: Helen Schulman on <em>As I Lay Dying</em>

The Avid Reader: Helen Schulman on As I Lay Dying

Discovering Faulkner in College Can Very Much Change Your Life

By Helen Schulman | November 29, 2018

Does Art Originate From the Same Necessity That Gives Rise to Beehives?

Does Art Originate From the Same Necessity That Gives Rise to Beehives?

Inger Christensen Meditates on the Importance of Creation

By Inger Christensen | November 27, 2018

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Why Look at Art When You Could Watch TV?

By Joshua Sperling | November 26, 2018

Revisiting the Genius of Middlemarch

By John Mullan | November 21, 2018

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By Erinn Salge | November 21, 2018

Before the Neapolitan Quartet,  There Was <em>Sula</em>

Before the Neapolitan Quartet, There Was Sula

Why Was Only One of These An International Phenomenon?

By Gwen Aviles | November 19, 2018

The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

Political Parables of 19th-Century Democracy

By Jack Zipes and Édouard Laboulaye | November 19, 2018

How Saul Bellow Reckoned with Money and Fame

How Saul Bellow Reckoned with Money and Fame

"Guys, I'm Rich. What Can I Get For You?"

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12 Writers on Their Own Famous Books

12 Writers on Their Own Famous Books

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By Emily Temple | November 14, 2018

<em>My Brilliant Friend</em> is the Kind of TV We Need Right Now: Slow

My Brilliant Friend is the Kind of TV We Need Right Now: Slow

The HBO Adaptation of Elena Ferrante is a Refreshing Change

By Emily Temple | November 12, 2018

Co-Parenting with Lord Byron, As Weird As It Sounds

Co-Parenting with Lord Byron, As Weird As It Sounds

Miranda Seymour the Precociousness of the Poet's Daughter

By Miranda Seymour | November 12, 2018

Virginia and Leonard Woolf Remember Their War Dead

Virginia and Leonard Woolf Remember Their War Dead

On One of Hogarth Press' Earliest Printings

By Joanna Scutts | November 12, 2018

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