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Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

On history, heritage, and whitewashing

By Anita Huslin | March 7, 2016

The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

74,000 words of raucous, handwritten amorality

By Devoney Looser | March 4, 2016

102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism

102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism

A Highly Subjective and Idiosyncratic List Created Upon Moving House

By Jonathan Russell Clark | March 4, 2016

Michel de Montaigne, Time Traveler

Michel de Montaigne, Time Traveler

Hannah Brooks-Motl on Where We Go When We Read, and Who We Become

By Hannah Brooks-Motl | February 29, 2016

Harper Lee and the Myth of a Post-Racial America

Harper Lee and the Myth of a Post-Racial America

On the Complicated Legacy of a Beloved Writer

By Kate Jenkins | February 23, 2016

The Fine Grim Line Between Love and Stalking

The Fine Grim Line Between Love and Stalking

Lisa Levy On the Crime Fiction of Caroline Kepnes

By Lisa Levy | February 17, 2016

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When Art Cannot Console Us in Death

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30 Books in 30 Days: Carmela Ciuraru on Colm Tóibín’s On Elizabeth Bishop

By Carmela Ciuraru | February 17, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: David Biespiel on Frank Stanford: "Poetry Busts Guts"

By David Biespiel | February 16, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Mark Athitakis on Ottessa Moshfegh's <em>Eileen</em>

30 Books in 30 Days: Mark Athitakis on Ottessa Moshfegh's Eileen

Counting Down the National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists

By Mark Athitakis | February 15, 2016

A. O. Scott Asks Himself: What is Criticism?

A. O. Scott Asks Himself: What is Criticism?

One of America's Great Critics Has Some Questions—For Himself

By A. O. Scott | February 11, 2016

On Finding Yourself in the Work of Jhumpa Lahiri

On Finding Yourself in the Work of Jhumpa Lahiri

Nandini Balial on Language, Homeland, and Family

By Nandini Balial | February 9, 2016

We Are At Risk of Losing Serious Readers

We Are At Risk of Losing Serious Readers

David Denby on Teenage Reading Habits, and the Page vs. the Screen

By David Denby | February 8, 2016

Kamila Shamsie On Intizar Hussain's Novel, <em>Basti</em>

Kamila Shamsie On Intizar Hussain's Novel, Basti

Reimagining the Intimate Sweep of History

By Kamila Shamsie | February 5, 2016

You Don’t Have to Be a Veteran to Write About War

You Don’t Have to Be a Veteran to Write About War

Matt Gallagher on the Difference Between Experience and Authority

By Matt Gallagher | February 2, 2016

Our Darkest American Masterpiece

Our Darkest American Masterpiece

On the Perpetual Relevance of Miss Lonelyhearts

By Dustin Illingworth | January 27, 2016

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