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Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature

Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature

On the Ontology of a Stuffed Tiger and Finding the Whole World in a Comic

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 18, 2016

Why Do We Write About Orphans So Much?

Why Do We Write About Orphans So Much?

Examining an Eternal Literary Trope

By Liz Moore | July 18, 2016

Frivolity, Death, and Milena Busquets

Frivolity, Death, and Milena Busquets

The Author of This Too Shall Pass is Trying to Find the Light

By Marta Bausells | July 15, 2016

When Grief Becomes Surreal

When Grief Becomes Surreal

On the Reality-Bending Effects of Trauma in Literature

By Tobias Carroll | July 15, 2016

Building a Better Definition of Science Fiction

Building a Better Definition of Science Fiction

Ann and Jeff VanderMeer on the History and Future of the Genre

By Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer | July 14, 2016

I Found a Rare Copy of June Allison Gibbons' Outsider Novel

I Found a Rare Copy of June Allison Gibbons' Outsider Novel

On the Unusual Case of the Infamous "Silent Twins" and Their Literary Aspirations

By Kelsey Osgood | July 13, 2016

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Poetry is the Place for Joy: Or How We Praise the Mutilated World

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How the French Reread Proust

By Laure Murat | July 11, 2016

Six Reasons Why You Must Read Proust

By Joshua Zajdman | July 11, 2016

Really, Here's Why You Should Read Proust

Really, Here's Why You Should Read Proust

Marcel Proust's Biographer Makes the Case

By William C. Carter | July 11, 2016

Oedipa Maas: Our Guide to Contemporary Paranoia

Oedipa Maas: Our Guide to Contemporary Paranoia

The Ongoing Relevance of Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, 50 Years Later

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 7, 2016

The Genius of William Shawn, and the Invention of <em>The New Yorker</em>

The Genius of William Shawn, and the Invention of The New Yorker

David Remnick on the Post-War Evolution of an American Literary Institution

By David Remnick | July 5, 2016

How Michael Herr Transcended New Journalism

How Michael Herr Transcended New Journalism

Robert Stone on Dispatches, Groundbreaking Reportage from the Vietnam War

By Robert Stone | June 28, 2016

What It Means To Be an Inclusive Literary Journal

What It Means To Be an Inclusive Literary Journal

Zinzi Clemmons on the Importance of Editors of Color

By Zinzi Clemmons | June 27, 2016

Writing Must Explore Its Relation To Power

Writing Must Explore Its Relation To Power

Robert Glück on the Beginnings of New Narrative

By Robert Glück | June 27, 2016

How Writing About Pit Bulls Led to Death Threats, Online and IRL

How Writing About Pit Bulls Led to Death Threats, Online and IRL

On the Firestorm Around Bronwen Dickey's New Book

By Melissa Holbrook Pierson | June 24, 2016

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