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In Praise of Sex Writing That's About More Than Being Sexy

In Praise of Sex Writing That's About More Than Being Sexy

"I Want to Be Able to Read Stories That Don't Shy Away from Pain and Complexity"

By S. K. Perry | August 23, 2018

The Art of the Late Bloomer

The Art of the Late Bloomer

On the 18th-Century Artist Mary Delany and the Power of Second Acts

By Corinne Purtill | August 22, 2018

The Time I Went Fishing with Barry Hannah

The Time I Went Fishing with Barry Hannah

William Giraldi in Praise of the "Rebel of the English Language"

By William Giraldi | August 20, 2018

Making the Case for the Surreal Memoir

Making the Case for the Surreal Memoir

Pushing the Limits of Form, from Leonora Carrington to Wendy C. Ortiz

By Tobias Carroll | August 20, 2018

Why Don't More Boys Read <em>Little Women</em>?

Why Don't More Boys Read Little Women?

Little Women is presumed to be hardly worthy of rescue from
the educational oblivion into which it has fallen."">"Little Women is presumed to be hardly worthy of rescue from
the educational oblivion into which it has fallen."

By Anne Boyd Rioux | August 17, 2018

On the Slyly Subversive Writing of E.M. Forster

On the Slyly Subversive Writing of E.M. Forster

If a Happy Ending Required Marriage, Forster Was All for Pessimism

By Wendy Moffat | August 16, 2018

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What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

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On Neurochemistry, Lucia Berlin, and the Dangers of Empathy Loss

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<em>The Wind in the Willows</em> Isn't Really a Children's Book

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Shirley Jackson: Possibly a Witch, Definitely Played the Zither

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1921 · 1946 · 1984 · 2018 A Genealogy of the Totalitarian Novel

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