On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

Caroline Fraser: “Power and ambition in women are often hidden, buried, shrouded, disguised, crushed, thwarted, mocked, warped, punished, or excoriated.”

By Caroline Fraser | May 16, 2019

Is Masculinity a Terrorist Ideology?

Is Masculinity a Terrorist Ideology?

Lacy Johnson on Rachel Louise Snyder and the Ways We Name Violence

By Lacy M. Johnson | May 15, 2019

The 36 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em>

The 36 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Mrs. Dalloway

"Let us listen to an old farty woman stream her consciousness to us."

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2019

Joanna Scutts on How We Find—and Lose—Women Writers

Joanna Scutts on How We Find—and Lose—Women Writers

Exhumations and Revelations, from Zora Neale Hurston
to Bette Howland

By Joanna Scutts | May 13, 2019

16 Poet Biopics, Ranked

16 Poet Biopics, Ranked

"Dead gay poets? Erotic violence? Sounds like a DiCaprio project."

By Emily Temple | May 8, 2019

What Would It Mean to Live in <br>a World Without Stories?

What Would It Mean to Live in
a World Without Stories?

Alexis Wright on the Systemic Weaponization of Silence

By Alexis Wright | May 8, 2019

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On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

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What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

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Nam Le on David Malouf and the Violence of World-Building

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On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

Because Guillotines and Eating the Rich Never Really Go Out of Style

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Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

the integrity of her subject."">"She maintains her own integrity and she respects
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<em>Finnegan's Wake</em> at 80: <br>In Defense of the Difficult

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Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

On the Novel Great Expectations

By Eileen Myles | May 2, 2019

Happy birthday, Joseph Heller! Here's a gift: a classic review of <em>Catch-22.</em>

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On the Great Clarice Lispector

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Benjamin Moser Introduces The Besieged City

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