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Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Nicola Wilson on the Book Society, Hugh Walpole, and Lynd’s Overshadowed Author Career

By Nicola Wilson | June 26, 2025

A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

Allison Buccola Complicates Some of Popular Culture's Common Narratives About Cults

By Allison Buccola | May 20, 2025

Lost in the Supermarket: On the Literature of Shopping

Lost in the Supermarket: On the Literature of Shopping

Anna Smaill Considers the In-Between Zone of the Fictional Shop

By Anna Smaill | March 25, 2024

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

"Rooms are springboards for time and time is for the poets."

By Megan Fernandes | July 14, 2023

“The Excitement of Influence.” Read Stories by Katherine Mansfield and Christine Schutt

“The Excitement of Influence.” Read Stories by Katherine Mansfield and Christine Schutt

NOON, Two Writers in Conversation Across A Century">From NOON, Two Writers in Conversation Across A Century

By NOON senior editors Rachel Chait, Zach Davidson, Madelaine Lucas, Liza St. James | March 6, 2023

“Bliss”

“Bliss”

A Short Story by Katherine Mansfield

By Katherine Mansfield | March 6, 2023

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Remembering Katherine Mansfield, the Only Writer Virginia Woolf (Allegedly) Ever Envied

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More Reasons to Move to New Zealand: A Literary Guide

More Reasons to Move to New Zealand: A Literary Guide

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Here are the books that just entered the public domain.

Here are the books that just entered the public domain.

By Emily Temple | January 6, 2020

The Avid Reader: Helen Simpson on Anton Chekhov's

The Avid Reader: Helen Simpson on Anton Chekhov's "Oysters"

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One Wedding and a Funeral: How the Show Must Go On

One Wedding and a Funeral: How the Show Must Go On

Jeanne McCulloch on Finally Telling the Story of Her Father's Sudden Death

By Jeanne McCulloch | August 13, 2018

How to Visit the Graves of 75 Famous Writers

How to Visit the Graves of 75 Famous Writers

From crypts to hillsides to the Schomburg Center

By Emily Temple | March 26, 2018

No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Sylvia Plath and more on their nighttime visions

By Emily Temple | November 1, 2017

14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors

14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors

"I got a little bored after a time. I mean, the road seemed to be awfully long."

By Emily Temple | October 16, 2017

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