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What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

Jane Gallop in Conversation with H. Aram Veeser

By H. Aram Veeser and Jane Gallop | December 23, 2020

How Come We Don't Have a Philosophy of Wigs?

How Come We Don't Have a Philosophy of Wigs?

Luigi Amara on the Curious Place of Hair Pieces in the Age of Enlightenment 

By Luigi Amara | November 24, 2020

Down the Wormhole with Jonathan Lethem: On Male Complicity and Publishing in a Pandemic

Down the Wormhole with Jonathan Lethem: On Male Complicity and Publishing in a Pandemic

Brian Gresko Profiles the Author of The Arrest

By Brian Gresko | November 9, 2020

Jerald Walker Gets a Bad Haircut... and It All Goes Downhill From There

Jerald Walker Gets a Bad Haircut... and It All Goes Downhill From There

Whatever You Do, Stay Away From the "Kaleshion"

By Jerald Walker | November 5, 2020

Inside the Spare and Extravagant Homes of Six Iconic Writers

Inside the Spare and Extravagant Homes of Six Iconic Writers

The Architectural Tastes of Melville, Wharton and More

By Sam Lubell | October 28, 2020

Recreating Scenes From the 20th Century's Most Iconic Bedtime Story

Recreating Scenes From the 20th Century's Most Iconic Bedtime Story

Kate Bernheimer Reflects on Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon

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Here's a novel idea: masks made of books.

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On Embracing the Wig After a Cancer Diagnosis

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