The Ghost of Christmas Cheer

The Ghost of Christmas Cheer

How the Holiday's Reception Has Changed Since Dickens' Time

By Timothy Hallinan | December 20, 2016

My Louise Bourgeois

My Louise Bourgeois

Siri Hustvedt on the complex, brilliant, contradictory artist

By Siri Hustvedt | December 19, 2016

The Best Children's Books Appeal to All Ages

The Best Children's Books Appeal to All Ages

On Elena Ferrante, Anonymity, and Writing Across Generations

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 16, 2016

Joan Didion's Disaffected Literary Descendants

Joan Didion's Disaffected Literary Descendants

On the New Generation of Wayward Daughter Protagonists

By Katie Dobbs | December 16, 2016

Getting Lost in William Trevor's Private World

Getting Lost in William Trevor's Private World

D. Wystan Owen on the Haunting Intimacy of Trevor's Short Fiction

By D. Wystan Owen | December 16, 2016

Basking in Shirley Hazzard's Pure, Cold Light

Basking in Shirley Hazzard's Pure, Cold Light

Mary Duffy Remembers the Shimmering Crispness of Hazzard's Prose

By Mary Duffy | December 15, 2016

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In Praise of Zadie Smith's London

By Marta Bausells | December 14, 2016

How Nostalgia Corrupts Politics and Pop Culture

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William Gaddis Occupies Wall Street, Channels a Tween Trump

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What Counts As Transgender Literature?

What Counts As Transgender Literature?

On the Writing(s) of Kai Cheng Thom, and the Elusiveness of Categories

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 9, 2016

The Time Mario Puzo Wrote a Takedown of <em>The Paris Review</em>

The Time Mario Puzo Wrote a Takedown of The Paris Review

On The Godfather Author's 1967 Review for Book World

By M. J. Moore | December 9, 2016

How We Write About Work, Then and Now

How We Write About Work, Then and Now

On Dickens, Office Life, and Tales of the Precariat in Contemporary Fiction

By Juliana Broad | December 8, 2016

Hemingway vs. Ken Russell: Or Why You Should Compare Apples to Oranges

Hemingway vs. Ken Russell: Or Why You Should Compare Apples to Oranges

Noah Berlatsky on the Critical Value of Broad Comparisons

By Noah Berlatsky | December 7, 2016

Was Edmund Wilson Just Jealous of <em>Lolita</em>?

Was Edmund Wilson Just Jealous of Lolita?

How a Great American Literary Critic Got it Wrong About a Classic

By Alex Beam | December 6, 2016

César Aira Makes the Impossible Possible

César Aira Makes the Impossible Possible

Mark Haber on the Newly Translated Ema the Captive

By Mark Haber | December 6, 2016

Literature for This Long, Dark Night of America's Soul

Literature for This Long, Dark Night of America's Soul

Scott Esposito Looks to Art for Salvation

By Veronica Esposito | December 5, 2016

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