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On the Tricky Business of Creating a National Anthology: Irish Edition

On the Tricky Business of Creating a National Anthology: Irish Edition

Lucy Caldwell Reflects on What We Mean By a National Literature

By Lucy Caldwell | June 21, 2019

The Comic Tragedy of a Narrator with No Sense of Self

The Comic Tragedy of a Narrator with No Sense of Self

Danielle Dutton Close-Reads Ann Quin's Berg

By Danielle Dutton | June 21, 2019

The Anti-Capitalist Power of Jean de La Ville de Mirmont's Fiction

The Anti-Capitalist Power of Jean de La Ville de Mirmont's Fiction

André Naffis-Sahely on His New Translation of a Long-Neglected Existentialist Novella

By André Naffis-Sahely | June 21, 2019

The Poet and the Monk: <br>An Anne Sexton Love Story

The Poet and the Monk:
An Anne Sexton Love Story

The Love Affair That Started with a Fan Letter

By Nick Ripatrazone | June 20, 2019

50 of the Best One-Star Reviews of <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>

50 of the Best One-Star Reviews of The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Pretentious, pedestrian, predictable, and pedantic."

By Emily Temple | June 20, 2019

The Writer Antonia Pont vs. Envy

The Writer Antonia Pont vs. Envy

An Examination of Envy, Jealousy, and What They Add to Our Lives

By Antonia Pont | June 20, 2019

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"The Stonewall Revolution is Still Happening"

By Corinne Segal | June 19, 2019

"Perhaps We're Being Dense." Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers

By Emily Temple | June 19, 2019

On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

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What My Writing Nemesis Taught Me About Myself

What My Writing Nemesis Taught Me About Myself

"Her only real crime was that she was a better poet than me."

By Jen Corrigan | June 18, 2019

How the Adaptation of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> Failed Scout Finch

How the Adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird Failed Scout Finch

Rebecca Renner: Gregory Peck Made the Film All About Atticus

By Rebecca Renner | June 18, 2019

What Anne Sexton Taught Me About... Self-Promotion

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Joy Lanzendorfer on Balancing Social Anxiety and the Need for Writerly Networking

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The Kafkaesque Feeling of Seeing Kafka as a Tourist Attraction

By Renee Lynn Reizman | June 18, 2019

How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”

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20 "Perfect Summer Books" for This and Every Year

If Every Kind of Book is Perfect for Summer, Are Any of Them?

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Learning of My Father's Suicide From My Grandmother's Poetry

Learning of My Father's Suicide From My Grandmother's Poetry

John James on the Hard Work of Acknowledging Terrible Truths

By John James | June 14, 2019

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