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The Legendary Iranian Poet Who Gives Me Hope

The Legendary Iranian Poet Who Gives Me Hope

Jasmin Darznik on Forugh Farrokhzad: "The country's most notorious woman."

By Jasmin Darznik | July 30, 2018

David Chariandy: 'Black Canadians Do Not Come From Space.'

David Chariandy: 'Black Canadians Do Not Come From Space.'

On Drake, Austin Clarke, and an Unsung Outpost of the Caribbean Diaspora

By David Chariandy | July 27, 2018

Is It Really Possible To Map Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County?

Is It Really Possible To Map Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County?

On Shifting Rivers, Roving Farmsteads, and Place in Fiction

By Evan Fleischer | July 27, 2018

An English Teacher Wonders: What is Literature Anyway?

An English Teacher Wonders: What is Literature Anyway?

"I frequently found myself questioning the very base of what I do."

By Christopher Schaberg | July 26, 2018

A Close Reading of the Best Short Story Ever Written

A Close Reading of the Best Short Story Ever Written

From Your Resident Donald Barthelme Stan

By Emily Temple | July 25, 2018

In Praise of

In Praise of "Plain" Heroines: Why Mary is my Favorite Bennet Sister

She May Be Bookish, But She's Not Quiet

By Katherine J. Chen | July 23, 2018

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Everything You Think You Know About Chekhov is Wrong

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Fake News, Hyper-Patriotism, and War: America in 1918

By John Domini | July 23, 2018

On the Art and Influence of Hemingway’s Short Stories

By John Mariani | July 20, 2018

The Patron Saints of Pessimism: A Writer's Pantheon

The Patron Saints of Pessimism: A Writer's Pantheon

Emil Cioran, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Other Funsters

By Eugene Thacker | July 19, 2018

My Book of Men: On the Poetry of Survival

My Book of Men: On the Poetry of Survival

Testimony is Not the Only Way to Speak of Sexual Violence

By Liz Bowen | July 18, 2018

What Can We Salvage of Objectivity?

What Can We Salvage of Objectivity?

From the Introduction to Michiko Kakutani's The Death of Truth

By Michiko Kakutani | July 17, 2018

The 100 Best One-Star Reviews of <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>

The 100 Best One-Star Reviews of The Catcher in the Rye

"If I had written this book, I would have gone into hiding too"

By Emily Temple | July 16, 2018

Watching <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em> While Transitioning

Watching The Handmaid's Tale While Transitioning

Veronica Esposito on Encountering Misogyny in a New Way

By Veronica Esposito | July 16, 2018

Forget Zorro: Joaquín Murieta is the Outlaw-Hero We Need

Forget Zorro: Joaquín Murieta is the Outlaw-Hero We Need

Diana Gabaldon on a Neglected Classic by John Rollin Ridge

By Diana Gabaldon | July 16, 2018

How Can Fiction Predict a Future That's Already Happening?

How Can Fiction Predict a Future That's Already Happening?

Andromeda Romano-Lax on the Real Stakes of Speculative Fiction

By Andromeda Romano-Lax | July 13, 2018

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