<em>Grendel</em> at 50: How John Gardner’s Finest Novel Undermines His Ideas About Moral Fiction

Grendel at 50: How John Gardner’s Finest Novel Undermines His Ideas About Moral Fiction

“Grendel is funny, entertaining, troubling, and above all unruly; the novel refuses to behave.”

By Andrew DeYoung | August 17, 2021

My Shadow Book: On Consciously—or Unconsciously—Immortalizing Ex-Partners in Literary Fiction

My Shadow Book: On Consciously—or Unconsciously—Immortalizing Ex-Partners in Literary Fiction

Andrew Palmer Struggles with the Idea of Creating Characters (Partly) Based on an Ex

By Andrew Palmer | August 17, 2021

Novels That Offer Easy Lessons Aren’t Worth Reading

Novels That Offer Easy Lessons Aren’t Worth Reading

Jo Hamya Against an Internet-Driven Book Culture

By Jo Hamya | August 16, 2021

On the Art of Literary Name-Calling: The Best and Most Baroque Insults Are Micro-Poems for the Ages

On the Art of Literary Name-Calling: The Best and Most Baroque Insults Are Micro-Poems for the Ages

Jason Guriel on the Evolution of Stylized Insults, from “Turdsworth” to “Tru-Anon”

By Jason Guriel | August 13, 2021

The Enduring Appeal of Fictional Sisters: A Reading List

The Enduring Appeal of Fictional Sisters: A Reading List

Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb Recommend Brit Bennett, Lucinda Riley, and Jane Green

By Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb | August 13, 2021

The Power and Perils of Storytelling: How We Make Narratives Out of Predatory Relationships

The Power and Perils of Storytelling: How We Make Narratives Out of Predatory Relationships

Jane Healey on Truth and Uncertainty in My Dark Vanessa, Consent, and More

By Jane Healey | August 12, 2021

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On Bafflement: Reflections on Marilynne Robinson and the Theology of Skateboarding

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Women’s Memoirs at the Intersection of Chronic Illness, Mental Illness, Addiction, and Trauma

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Thereness on the Outer Banks: On Landscape in Literature

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Angel Khoury Considers What It Means to Evoke a Place

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On the 1983 Newbery Book That Should Be Left by the Wayside

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Was <em>Bridget Jones's Diary</em> the First Internet Novel?

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Sabina Murray on the Limits of Journalism and the Wondrous Possibilities of Fiction

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Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Human Zoo

By Jane Ciabattari | August 10, 2021

Finding Horror (and Art) in the Gray Areas of Identity

Finding Horror (and Art) in the Gray Areas of Identity

Virginia Feito on the Terrifying Power of Identity Crises in Fiction, from Shirley Jackson to Alfred Hitchcock

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The Medicine Memoirs That Every Aspiring Doctor Should Read

The Medicine Memoirs That Every Aspiring Doctor Should Read

Robert Meyer, MD, and Dan Koeppel on the Beauty and Brutality of the Human Experience

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On the Rise of the Icelandic Saga as Written Literature

On the Rise of the Icelandic Saga as Written Literature

Arthur Herman Gets at the Heart of the Sagas’ Perennial Appeal

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