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Why the Line Between Fact and Fiction is Even Blurrier Online

Why the Line Between Fact and Fiction is Even Blurrier Online

"The Internet Offers a Secret Life to Everybody"

By Andrew O'Hagan | October 12, 2017

Jane Austen’s <em>Emma</em> Was Basically Torn Apart in Workshop

Jane Austen’s Emma Was Basically Torn Apart in Workshop

On the Early Reception of a Classic Novel, on Both Sides of the Atlantic

By Juliette Wells | October 11, 2017

The Little-Known Friendships of Iconic Women Writers

The Little-Known Friendships of Iconic Women Writers

Why Have They Been Mythologized as Solitary Eccentrics or Isolated Geniuses?

By Emily Midorikawa and Emma Sweeney | October 11, 2017

How Shirley Jackson Makes Us Lose Our Minds

How Shirley Jackson Makes Us Lose Our Minds

Ottessa Moshfegh on Insanity, Mistaken Identity, and the Dark Tales

By Ottessa Moshfegh | October 10, 2017

Is America in a Period of Moral Decline?

Is America in a Period of Moral Decline?

John Biguenet on Summoning the Resolve to Call Out Evil Wherever it Lives

By John Biguenet | October 5, 2017

If Your Book Presumes an Entirely White World, It's Not Universal

If Your Book Presumes an Entirely White World, It's Not Universal

Why Writing and Reading About Race is a Privilege, Not a Burden

By Sarah LaBrie | October 5, 2017

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On Roleplaying as Research

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Class, Race and the Case for Genre Fiction in the Canon

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The 1980s Tell-All That Scandalized Literary London

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