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Trump in a Toga? On the Lessons (or Lack Therof) in Historical Fiction

Trump in a Toga? On the Lessons (or Lack Therof) in Historical Fiction

Scott Esposito Finds Much of Value in John Williams Augustus

By Veronica Esposito | March 7, 2017

Sinclair Lewis, American Prophet

Sinclair Lewis, American Prophet

Why His Legacy Deserves a Reevaluation, Beyond It Can't Happen Here

By J. M. Henderson | March 6, 2017

The Adolescent Charm of Bad Celebrity Poetry

The Adolescent Charm of Bad Celebrity Poetry

Why Being Famous is Like Being a Teen Forever

By Philippa Snow | March 6, 2017

In Praise of Bossy Big Sisters

In Praise of Bossy Big Sisters

On the Lesser-Loved Counterparts of our Favorite Young Protagonists

By Erika Smith | March 3, 2017

Dear Fellow Traveler: A Close Reading of the Magnetic Guest Journals at Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn

Dear Fellow Traveler: A Close Reading of the Magnetic Guest Journals at Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn

Anna Journey on the Magical Living Document at Deetjen's Smallest and Most Remote Guest Cottage

By Anna Journey | March 1, 2017

On the Importance of the Public School Novel, Right Now

On the Importance of the Public School Novel, Right Now

Moving Beyond the Prep School Canon

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 27, 2017

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The Life and Legacy of Bharati Mukherjee

By Anjali Enjeti | February 27, 2017

How Mary Miller's Stories Demystify the White Working Class

By Alex Gallo-Brown | February 23, 2017

Behind the Dedications: Hunter S. Thompson

By Arvind Dilawar | February 20, 2017

In Praise of the New Aphorism, No Longer Just For Great Men

In Praise of the New Aphorism, No Longer Just For Great Men

How Sarah Manguso, Maggie Nelson, and Rivka Galchen Are Making It New

By Kristen Martin | February 16, 2017

Daniel Handler on the Best Writer You Don't Know: Rachel Ingalls

Daniel Handler on the Best Writer You Don't Know: Rachel Ingalls

Novellas? Long Short Stories? Whatever They Are, They're Brilliant

By Daniel Handler | February 14, 2017

Everything I Know About Sex I Learned From Edna St. Vincent Millay

Everything I Know About Sex I Learned From Edna St. Vincent Millay

April Smith on Learning from a Dead Poet What Life Might Be Like

By April Smith | February 14, 2017

How the Powerful Fear Art: Lessons from John Berger

How the Powerful Fear Art: Lessons from John Berger

On Fascism, Art, and Fighting with Orwell and Berger

By Veronica Esposito | February 13, 2017

Edgar Allan Poe, Editor and Original Hatchet Man

Edgar Allan Poe, Editor and Original Hatchet Man

On the Literary Magazine in which "The Fall of the House of Usher" First Appeared

By Nathan Scott McNamara | February 9, 2017

Behind the Dedications: James Baldwin

Behind the Dedications: James Baldwin

The People in His Life and In His Books...

By Arvind Dilawar | February 8, 2017

How Fiction Tackles Global Economic Uncertainty

How Fiction Tackles Global Economic Uncertainty

Tobias Carroll on Boom-Bust Capitalism, and Stories of Austerity

By Tobias Carroll | February 7, 2017

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