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On Xie Hong, Master of Chinese Unreality

On Xie Hong, Master of Chinese Unreality

Official Corruption, Out-of-Control Pollution, and Rapid Change

By Hal Swindall | August 15, 2016

The Dark Side of Office Life

The Dark Side of Office Life

Workplace Novels that Explore the Dystopic and Surreal

By Tobias Carroll | August 12, 2016

"Poems R Just Less Popular Memes"

On the Lines and Lyrics That Stick in Our Minds

By Carina del Valle Schorske | August 11, 2016

The Moral Arc of N.K. Jemisin's Universe Bends Toward Apocalypse

The Moral Arc of N.K. Jemisin's Universe Bends Toward Apocalypse

Bringing a Radical Sensibility to a Conservative Genre

By Noah Berlatsky | August 11, 2016

Black Protest Writing, From W.E.B. DuBois to Kendrick Lamar

Black Protest Writing, From W.E.B. DuBois to Kendrick Lamar

Precious Rasheeda Muhammad on a Rich Tradition of Literary Resistance

By Precious Rasheeda Muhammad | August 10, 2016

Walking a Mile in Daniel Boone's Moccasins

Walking a Mile in Daniel Boone's Moccasins

How a Vegetarian Canadian Took On the Voice of an American Legend

By Alix Hawley | August 1, 2016

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By Bonnie Nadzam | July 26, 2016

Clive James on the Poetry of Kingsley Amis

Clive James on the Poetry of Kingsley Amis

As Talented a Poet as He Was a Novelist

By Clive James | July 25, 2016

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

On Works of Criticism by Cynthia Ozick, C.D. Wright, Teju Cole, and More

By Jonathan Russell Clark | July 21, 2016

What If I'm Actually a Character in a Larry McMurtry Novel?

What If I'm Actually a Character in a Larry McMurtry Novel?

On the Beautiful Losers of Texas, and Returning to Where You Came From

By Claudia Smith | July 20, 2016

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Matthew Cheney Remembers the Books That Helped Him Survive

By Matthew Cheney | July 20, 2016

On the Journals of Famous Writers

On the Journals of Famous Writers

Dustin Illingworth Eavesdrops on Flannery O'Connor, Susan Sontag, and More

By Dustin Illingworth | July 19, 2016

Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature

Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature

On the Ontology of a Stuffed Tiger and Finding the Whole World in a Comic

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 18, 2016

Why Do We Write About Orphans So Much?

Why Do We Write About Orphans So Much?

Examining an Eternal Literary Trope

By Liz Moore | July 18, 2016

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