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Dorothy Parker on the Art of Her Old Pal James Thurber

Dorothy Parker on the Art of Her Old Pal James Thurber

"A Thurber must be seen to be believed—there is no use trying to tell the plot of it."

By Dorothy Parker | August 22, 2019

Reading David Remnick 25 Years After the Fall of the Soviet Union

Reading David Remnick 25 Years After the Fall of the Soviet Union

Luke Harding Revisits the Cautious Optimism of Lenin's Tomb

By Luke Harding | August 22, 2019

J.M.G. Le Clézio on the Expansive, Immersive Quality of Great Poetry

J.M.G. Le Clézio on the Expansive, Immersive Quality of Great Poetry

“The poem carries us towards other regions on earth, northwards.”

By J. M. G. Le Clézio | August 22, 2019

Lara Vapnyar on the Book That Made Her Weep For Hours

Lara Vapnyar on the Book That Made Her Weep For Hours

On Margarita Khemlin's Novel Klotsvog

By Lara Vapnyar | August 22, 2019

Reading in a Boom Time of Biographical Fiction

Reading in a Boom Time of Biographical Fiction

Jay Parini on the Art of Inventing Real Life

By Jay Parini | August 21, 2019

Hans Christian Andersen, Original Literary Softboi

Hans Christian Andersen, Original Literary Softboi

Bookish Ambition! Awkward Gentleness! Goth Sexiness! He Had It All

By Boze Herrington | August 21, 2019

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The Ways in Which Writing May or May Not Resemble Sex

By Nicola Waldron | August 20, 2019

Amitav Ghosh and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on Indian Epics in Modern Novels

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Lessons From Nabokov: Finding Freedom in a Foreign Language

Lessons From Nabokov: Finding Freedom in a Foreign Language

Rajia Hassib on Mastering a Third Language

By Rajia Hassib | August 19, 2019

Dear Yusef Komunyakaa: <br>A Letter From Gregory Pardlo

Dear Yusef Komunyakaa:
A Letter From Gregory Pardlo

On Neon Vernacular and the Long Half-Life of Double Consciousness

By Gregory Pardlo | August 19, 2019

Edoardo Albinati on Masculinity, Italy, and Fascism

Edoardo Albinati on Masculinity, Italy, and Fascism

The Author of The Catholic School in Conversation
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By Francesco Pacifico | August 19, 2019

In the Age of Endless Scrolling, Jun’ichiro Tanizaki Helps Us Stand Still

In the Age of Endless Scrolling, Jun’ichiro Tanizaki Helps Us Stand Still

When Attention to Detail is a Subversive Move

By Kanako Nishi | August 19, 2019

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of <em>Lolita</em>

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Lolita

"Too much French."

By Emily Temple | August 16, 2019

Plunging Into the 1970s' Altered States of Awareness

Plunging Into the 1970s' Altered States of Awareness

Buzz Poole on Erik Davis’s High Weirdness

By Buzz Poole | August 16, 2019

Thank God for the Sex I Found in My Mother's Romance Novels

Thank God for the Sex I Found in My Mother's Romance Novels

Isabelle Davis on Finding Just the Right Books at Just the Right Time

By Isabelle Davis | August 15, 2019

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