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How Would Jane Austen Define an “Accomplished Woman” Today?

How Would Jane Austen Define an “Accomplished Woman” Today?

Grace Aldridge on Rereading Jane Austen After the End of Her Marriage

By Grace Aldridge | August 8, 2025

A Fantastical Odyssey Through Renaissance Italy: Álvaro Enrigue on <em

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“Mujica Lainez’s Duke of Bomarzo is a lantern that illuminates... our tenebrous but also brilliant little lives.”

By Álvaro Enrigue | August 8, 2025

Metamorphosis as The Transformation"> The Case for Renaming Kafka’s <em

The Case for Renaming Kafka’s <em

Metamorphosis as The Transformation">

Metamorphosis as The Transformation">The Case for Renaming Kafka’s Metamorphosis as The Transformation

Mark Harman Digs into the History and Linguistic Choices of Translating an Uncanny Classic

By Mark Harman | August 8, 2025

Jessica Gross on Writing a New York Novel as an Ex-New Yorker

Jessica Gross on Writing a New York Novel as an Ex-New Yorker

How to Get Back in a New York State of Mind

By Jessica Gross | August 8, 2025

Am I the Literary Asshole For Prioritizing My Writing Over the People in My Life?

Am I the Literary Asshole For Prioritizing My Writing Over the People in My Life?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | August 7, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Dystopian novels are not merely the expression of vivid imaginations, they are often warnings about what’s to come.”

By Book Marks | August 7, 2025

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Chloe Caldwell Is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | August 7, 2025

Barbara Kingsolver on Supporting Appalachian Women Recovering from Addiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 7, 2025

Carl Phillips and Aditi Machado Feel Like Radically Different Poets

By awakeners | August 7, 2025

Khadijah Queen on What It’s Like to Write Poetry on a Naval Destroyer

Khadijah Queen on What It’s Like to Write Poetry on a Naval Destroyer

“I’d steal a moment to write future me into existence, or to write my way through my feelings after another tedious day.”

By Khadijah Queen | August 6, 2025

Doubles, Glitches, Hallucinations, Dreams: Nine Books that Feature David Lynchian Deja Vu

Doubles, Glitches, Hallucinations, Dreams: Nine Books that Feature David Lynchian Deja Vu

Vanessa Roveto Recommends Marguerite Duras, Leslie Scalapino, Joyelle McSweeney, and More

By Vanessa Roveto | August 6, 2025

Vineland—a Disappointment When It Was Published—is the Novel We Need Right Now"> Why Thomas Pynchon’s <em

Why Thomas Pynchon’s <em

Vineland—a Disappointment When It Was Published—is the Novel We Need Right Now">

Vineland—a Disappointment When It Was Published—is the Novel We Need Right Now">Why Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland—a Disappointment When It Was Published—is the Novel We Need Right Now

Devin Thomas O’Shea on What a Master of the 20th Century Can Offer the 21st

By Devin Thomas O’Shea | August 5, 2025

God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

Jon Raymond Recommends Don DeLillo, Denis Johnson, Theodor Adorno and More

By Jon Raymond | August 5, 2025

A Cosmic Bond: Five Essential Books on Queer Black Friendship

A Cosmic Bond: Five Essential Books on Queer Black Friendship

m. mick powell Recommends Toni Morrison, Brittany Rogers, Danez Smith and More

By m. mick powell | August 5, 2025

How Tochi Eze Found Her Writing Voice in Igbo Folklore

How Tochi Eze Found Her Writing Voice in Igbo Folklore

“Myth is not just fabrication or metaphor, it is method and craft.”

By Tochi Eze | August 5, 2025

On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection

On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection

Elaine U. Cho: “If you want to belong to the world, you’ll have to pick up on its lingo.”

By Elaine U. Cho | August 5, 2025

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