The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

Mary K. Holland on Closing the “Open Question” of Wallace’s Misogyny

By Mary K. Holland | November 29, 2021

Jordan Salama on Journeying Colombia’s Magdalena River

Jordan Salama on Journeying Colombia’s Magdalena River

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 29, 2021

How My Passion Project Led to Burnout: On the Bittersweet Rewards of Creative Risks

How My Passion Project Led to Burnout: On the Bittersweet Rewards of Creative Risks

Leigh Stein Considers Life as a Working Writer and the Challenges of Forming an Alternative to AWP

By Leigh Stein | November 29, 2021

On the Life of Belle da Costa Greene, Visionary Librarian and Democratizer of Museums

On the Life of Belle da Costa Greene, Visionary Librarian and Democratizer of Museums

Victoria Christopher Murray and Marie Benedict Guest on Book Dreams

By Book Dreams | November 29, 2021

Roderick Beaton on the Greek Revolution of 1821

Roderick Beaton on the Greek Revolution of 1821

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 29, 2021

Bob Spitz on Writing the Definitive History of the Greatest Rock Band of All Time

Bob Spitz on Writing the Definitive History of the Greatest Rock Band of All Time

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | November 29, 2021

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On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

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We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

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Behind the Scenes of David Fincher’s <em>Fight Club</em>

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Adam Nayman on the Production and Cultural Impact of the Still-Controversial Film

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<em>Drive My Car</em>, a New Adaptation of the Haruki Murakami Story, Far Surpasses Its Source Material

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Ryan Chapman on Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Three-Hour Masterpiece

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What <em>Lovecraft Country</em> Gave to Black Audiences

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