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Forget Zorro: Joaquín Murieta is the Outlaw-Hero We Need

Forget Zorro: Joaquín Murieta is the Outlaw-Hero We Need

Diana Gabaldon on a Neglected Classic by John Rollin Ridge

By Diana Gabaldon | July 16, 2018

How Can Fiction Predict a Future That's Already Happening?

How Can Fiction Predict a Future That's Already Happening?

Andromeda Romano-Lax on the Real Stakes of Speculative Fiction

By Andromeda Romano-Lax | July 13, 2018

Why I Added, Then Deleted, Trump from My Novel

Why I Added, Then Deleted, Trump from My Novel

"These Additions, My Agent Noted, Were Not Very Good"

By Andrew Martin | July 10, 2018

Not Everyone Loves Proust

Not Everyone Loves Proust

Crushingly dull. Rather infantile. A mental defective?

By Emily Temple | July 10, 2018

Lyn Hejinian: Everything is Imminent in Anything

Lyn Hejinian: Everything is Imminent in Anything

An Essay on Fending Off Chaos

By Lyn Hejinian | July 5, 2018

Holden Caulfield: Egotistical Whiner or Melancholy Boy Genius?

Holden Caulfield: Egotistical Whiner or Melancholy Boy Genius?

From Jesus-Figure to Incestuous Impulses, 13 Critics Weigh In

By Emily Temple | July 2, 2018

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Richard Flanagan on Social Media and the Death of a Private Life

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In an Ever More Conformist Age, Reading is a Subversive Act

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A Close Reading of the 'Censored' Passages of <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>

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The 1961 Novel That Makes a Great Case for Moviegoing

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