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If Charlie Brown Were a Socialist: On Beloved Argentine Comic Strip Mafalda

If Charlie Brown Were a Socialist: On Beloved Argentine Comic Strip Mafalda

“Mafalda is truly an angry heroine who rejects the world as it is.”

By Alex Dueben | July 21, 2025

“A monster can look like whatever it wants”: On the Allure of Literary Monsters

“A monster can look like whatever it wants”: On the Allure of Literary Monsters

Adrian Van Young on the Monstrous Stories That Shaped Him

By Adrian Van Young | October 31, 2023

What Suitcases Taught Ana Menéndez About Art, Exile, and Poetry

What Suitcases Taught Ana Menéndez About Art, Exile, and Poetry

The Apartment on Learning to Trust In Our Destinations">The Author of The Apartment on Learning to Trust In Our Destinations

By Ana Menéndez | June 26, 2023

Umberto Eco’s Favorite Books Give New Meaning to the Phrase “Deep Cut”

Umberto Eco’s Favorite Books Give New Meaning to the Phrase “Deep Cut”

Umberto Eco: A Library of the World">Stefano Eco Shares Some of His Father’s Beloved Texts to Celebrate the Premiere of Umberto Eco: A Library of the World

By Literary Hub | June 22, 2023

Calvin Trillin on the Importance of Parenting with Humor

Calvin Trillin on the Importance of Parenting with Humor

The Quarantine Tapes">In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 18, 2021

Umberto Eco tracking down a book in his massive library is your new competence porn.

Umberto Eco tracking down a book in his massive library is your new competence porn.

By Jessie Gaynor | January 21, 2021

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Emily Temple on Translating a Decade of Internet Writing into a Debut Novel

By Emily Temple | June 16, 2020

The Middle of History: Readings on Democracy, Fascism, and the Uncertain Space Between

By Jonny Diamond | June 2, 2020

The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Over 500 Pages

By Emily Temple | April 9, 2020

10 Great Works of Historical Fiction to Ease Your Thomas Cromwell Withdrawal

10 Great Works of Historical Fiction to Ease Your Thomas Cromwell Withdrawal

At Least History Isn't Going Anywhere

By Emily Temple | March 11, 2020

Umberto Eco on the Elusive Concept of Ugliness

Umberto Eco on the Elusive Concept of Ugliness

Considering the Relativity of Beauty in Human History

By Umberto Eco | December 9, 2019

All of Our Good—and All of Our Evil—Lies in Wait in the Archives

All of Our Good—and All of Our Evil—Lies in Wait in the Archives

Deep in the Files with Margaret Atwood, Adrienne Celt, Wilkie Collins, A.S. Byatt, and More

By Sara Sligar | November 7, 2019

What I Learned From Photographing Great Writers

What I Learned From Photographing Great Writers

Beowulf Sheehan on His Life in Pictures

By Beowulf Sheehan | October 9, 2018

What Your New Roommate's Favorite Book Says About Them

What Your New Roommate's Favorite Book Says About Them

More Revealing Than Their Star Sign (With Your Luck, Triple Scorpio)

By Emily Temple | September 4, 2018

10 Little-Known Children’s Books by Famous Writers

10 Little-Known Children’s Books by Famous Writers

Featuring at Least Two of the Best Titles Ever Written

By Emily Temple | August 23, 2018

Famous Authors Who Died on the Exact Same Day

Famous Authors Who Died on the Exact Same Day

Or, 10 of the Worst Days in Literature

By Emily Temple | August 6, 2018

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