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<em>Halloween</em> at 45: How Horror’s Scariest Franchise Makes Sense of the Senseless

Halloween at 45: How Horror’s Scariest Franchise Makes Sense of the Senseless

On the Many Masks of Michael Myers, from Unknowable Force of Nature to Explainable Antagonist

By Michael Kraus | October 13, 2023

What Does Playing the Devil Incarnate Do to a Young Girl?

What Does Playing the Devil Incarnate Do to a Young Girl?

Marlena Williams on Linda Blair’s Infamous Role in The Exorcist

By Marlena Williams | October 13, 2023

Dorothea Lasky on the Power of Horror

Dorothea Lasky on the Power of Horror

The Poet Considers Kubrick's The Shining and Sylvia Plath's “Tulips”

By Dorothea Lasky | October 13, 2023

The Divided Self is Every Immigrant’s Legacy

The Divided Self is Every Immigrant’s Legacy

Thrity Umrigar on Fitting in in America

By Thrity Umrigar | October 13, 2023

The Bear Whisperer Lays Out the Profound Impact of Wildfires on Southern California's Black Bear Population

The Bear Whisperer Lays Out the Profound Impact of Wildfires on Southern California's Black Bear Population

"I am surrounded by these bears that have been my life’s work. Bears, bears, everywhere, lost and in need."

By Steve Searles and Chris Erskine | October 13, 2023

Road to Avonlea: Amanda Parrish Morgan on The Transportive Intimacy of Reading and Long Drives

Road to Avonlea: Amanda Parrish Morgan on The Transportive Intimacy of Reading and Long Drives

"The car, the book, the trip—all means of getting somewhere unknown together."

By Amanda Parrish Morgan | October 13, 2023

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Elana K. Arnold Shares Lessons on Good and Evil from Books on the Second World War

By Keen On | October 13, 2023

Nobel Prize Laureate Katalin Karikó on Her Hungarian Childhood

By Katalin Karikó | October 12, 2023

The World's Most Beautiful Bird Lives in Yellowstone National Park

By Douglas W. Smith, Lauren E. Walker, Katharine E. Duffy and David Haines | October 12, 2023

We All Touch Ourselves: Fancy Feast on Beauty, Pleasure and Sexual Self-Actualization

We All Touch Ourselves: Fancy Feast on Beauty, Pleasure and Sexual Self-Actualization

"I want to offer comfort and be comforted by the company."

By Fancy Feast | October 12, 2023

Aleksandar Hemon on Living at the End of Time

Aleksandar Hemon on Living at the End of Time

On Conclusions

By Aleksander Hemon | October 12, 2023

Vincent Schiraldi on the Illusions of the American Criminal Justice System

Vincent Schiraldi on the Illusions of the American Criminal Justice System

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 12, 2023

Here are the winners of the 2023 Kirkus Prize.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Kirkus Prize.

By Literary Hub | October 11, 2023

Salman Rushdie's memoir of the attempt on his life will be published next year.

Salman Rushdie's memoir of the attempt on his life will be published next year.

By Dan Sheehan | October 11, 2023

Here are the shortlists for the 2023 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose.

Here are the shortlists for the 2023 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose.

By Literary Hub | October 11, 2023

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Her Writing Process

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Her Writing Process

“I am not one of those writers that hates writing.”

By Arwen Curry | October 11, 2023

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