Stop Looking for One War Story to Make Sense of All Wars

Stop Looking for One War Story to Make Sense of All Wars

Matt Young on the Romanticized Image of the Warrior Poet

By Matt Young | March 22, 2018

Why Do We Turn to Stories in the Midst of a Disaster?

Why Do We Turn to Stories in the Midst of a Disaster?

On Narrative and Trauma in Mexico City

By Madeleine Wattenbarger | March 21, 2018

Four Theories Toward the Timeless Brilliance of <em>Infinite Jest</em>

Four Theories Toward the Timeless Brilliance of Infinite Jest

Tom Bissell on the Novel of Its Generation

By Tom Bissell | March 21, 2018

Imagining Iraq: On the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Iraq War

Imagining Iraq: On the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Iraq War

Philip Metres Offers a Brief History of Imperial Dementia

By Philip Metres | March 20, 2018

On Finding a Hero in Alison Bechdel

On Finding a Hero in Alison Bechdel

Genevieve Hudson's Search for a Community on the Page

By Genevieve Hudson | March 20, 2018

Does <em>The Virgin Suicides</em> Hold Up 25 Years Later?

Does The Virgin Suicides Hold Up 25 Years Later?

Rereading Jeffrey Eugenides's Debut Novel in 2018

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Can We Ever Escape History? On Walter Kempowski's Life's Work

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An Antidote to the Traumatic Experiences of a Wartime Childhood

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How Do You Write One of Humanity's Most Intimate Moments?

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Toward a Unified Literary Theory of the Kiss

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How Medieval Storytellers Shape Our Understanding of Romance

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Matters of the Heart, from Arthurian Legend to Tristan and Isolde

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On the Very Contemporary Art of Flash Fiction

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"To Be Brief Takes Time"

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