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The Sweet Dove Died">The Art of Caustic Cosiness: On Barbara Pym’s <emThe Sweet Dove Died">

The Sweet Dove Died">The Art of Caustic Cosiness: On Barbara Pym’s The Sweet Dove Died

“It pitches new freedoms against dying rules and routines, with a keen eye for the debris, as its worlds of beauty and cruelty collide.”

By Susie Boyt | September 15, 2025

Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

Christine Estima on Breathing Fictional Life Into a Long-Overlooked Literary Figure

By Christine Estima | September 12, 2025

How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change

How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change

Beverly Gologorsky on Her Friendship with Fellow Writer Jane Lazarre and the Mentorship of a Writer’s Group

By Beverly Gologorsky | September 5, 2025

How Charlotte Brontë’s Shyness Helped Make Her a Storyteller

How Charlotte Brontë’s Shyness Helped Make Her a Storyteller

Graham Watson Explores the Influence of Friendship and Community on the Author of "Jane Eyre"

By Graham Watson | August 11, 2025

What Jane Austen’s Possessions Reveal About Her Literary Ethos

What Jane Austen’s Possessions Reveal About Her Literary Ethos

Kathryn Sutherland Explores the Iconic Author’s Life and Work Through the Most Seemingly Mundane Objects

By Kathryn Sutherland | August 4, 2025

An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women

An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women

Arielle Zibrak Explores the Diverse Literary Landscape of 19th- and Early 20th-Century Female Writers in the United States

By Arielle Zibrak | March 19, 2025

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How Shirley Jackson Exposed the Darker, Uncanny Side of Everyday Life

By Ruth Franklin | March 13, 2025

On Being Mentored by a Chinese Woman Writer Who Lived a Thousand Years Ago

By Wendy Chen | February 25, 2025

Who Were the Women Novelists Who Really Inspired Jane Austen?

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings">How Black and White America Reacted to Maya Angelou’s <emI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings">

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings">How Black and White America Reacted to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Scott W. Stern on the Reception of an American Classic and the Birth of a Renaissance of Black Women Writers

By Scott W. Stern | January 28, 2025

A Self-Made Myth: How Edith Wharton Rewrote Her Own Childhood

A Self-Made Myth: How Edith Wharton Rewrote Her Own Childhood

Constance Roisin on the Author’s Construction of Herself in Fiction and in Life

By Constance Roisin | January 24, 2025

Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

Lili Anolik on the Irresistible Draw of Eve Babitz and Joan Didion, Two Iconic Chroniclers of California

By Lili Anolik | November 12, 2024

The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

Lisa Yaszek on the Woman Known as Francis Stevens, an Early Female Pioneer of American Genre Fiction

By Lisa Yaszek | September 18, 2024

How Jacqueline Susann and Jackie Collins Changed the Face of Publishing

How Jacqueline Susann and Jackie Collins Changed the Face of Publishing

Gill Paul on Two Trailblazing Women Who Revolutionized the Book World

By Gill Paul | August 13, 2024

Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing

Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing

Claire Kilroy Considers Women’s Work at Home and on the Page

By Claire Kilroy | June 6, 2024

The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing">Appreciating the Understated Complexity of <emThe Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing">

The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing">Appreciating the Understated Complexity of The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Nick Hornby Remembers His Friend and Fellow Author, Melissa Bank

By Nick Hornby | June 5, 2024

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