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This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | September 26, 2025

Vladimir Nabokov's entire backlist is getting a brand new redesign.

By Emily Temple | July 18, 2025

The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

Tatiana de Rosnay Unpacks the Lines Between Translating and Crafting Bilingually

By Tatiana de Rosnay | June 9, 2025

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Adam Roberts Recommends Culinary Moments from Nora Ephron, Charles Dickens, Bryan Washington, and More

By Adam Roberts | May 20, 2025

“Make it New... Again.” Why We Need Alexander Pope’s Wild, Weird Poetry Today

“Make it New... Again.” Why We Need Alexander Pope’s Wild, Weird Poetry Today

Ryan Ruby on the Need to Shake Up Our Modern Era of Clean Professionalization

By Ryan Ruby | November 22, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mosab Abu Toha Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mosab Abu Toha Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Naomi Shihab Nye, Faraj Bayrakdar, Mahmoud Darwish, and Others

By Diana Arterian | October 16, 2024

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Page Turns: On Literary Translations on the American Ballet Theater's Summer Stage

By Emma Golden | August 16, 2024

Lolita is Nabokov: On the Parallel Histories of the Writer and His Most Famous Character

By Monika Zgustova | May 10, 2024

“Pale Fire” (Tavi’s Version): Notes on Taylor Swift and the Literature of Obsessive Fandom

By Leigh Stein | April 19, 2024

Who Doesn’t Like Music? Nabokov, For Starters

Who Doesn’t Like Music? Nabokov, For Starters

On the Odd Case of the Musical Anhedonic

By Michel Faber | November 29, 2023

Poor Things: An Ode to Alasdair Gray’s Lesser-Known, Equally Deserving Books"> Beyond <em

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Poor Things: An Ode to Alasdair Gray’s Lesser-Known, Equally Deserving Books">Beyond Poor Things: An Ode to Alasdair Gray’s Lesser-Known, Equally Deserving Books

Including a Gargantuan Retelling of the History of English Literature and a Bowdlerization of The Divine Comedy

By Mazin Saleem | November 29, 2023

Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant,

Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant, "Unerring Stylist"

"A writer for whom nothing is alien and everything is possible"

By Hermione Lee | September 26, 2023

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Lolita from Being Published">How Obscenity Laws Nearly Stopped Nabokov's Lolita from Being Published

Thomas Harding on the Legendary Editor George Weidenfeld, Literary Smuggling, and Morality in Fiction

By Thomas Harding | August 29, 2023

Blurred Lines: A Reading List of Metafiction

Blurred Lines: A Reading List of Metafiction

Arianna Reiche Recommends Vladimir Nabokov, Bret Easton Ellis, and More

By Arianna Reiche | July 6, 2023

Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory

Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory

Elizabeth Winkler Argues the Mystery Behind the God of Iambic Thunder Is Part of the Thrill

By Elizabeth Winkler | May 15, 2023

Was Nabokov’s Love of the Cinema a Way to Survive Exile?

Was Nabokov’s Love of the Cinema a Way to Survive Exile?

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By History of Literature | March 13, 2023

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