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Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

The Author of “The Island of Last Things” Visits Alcatraz and Offers an Antidote to Doomerism

By Emma Sloley | August 14, 2025

The History of Writing is the History of Humanity

The History of Writing is the History of Humanity

Walter Stephens on Lost Books, Rediscovery, and Ancient Wisdom

By Walter Stephens | November 10, 2023

Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds

Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds

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Fantasy, and More

By Lev Grossman | October 2, 2019

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The Real Life Castaway Behind Robinson Crusoe Actually <em

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Asked to Be Dropped Off">The Real Life Castaway Behind Robinson Crusoe Actually Asked to Be Dropped Off

Revisiting a Colonialist Classic—and Myths That Just Won't Die—300 Years On

By Delaney Nolan | April 25, 2019

Isn't Every Narrator an Unreliable Narrator?

Isn't Every Narrator an Unreliable Narrator?

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By So Many Damn Books | March 5, 2019

Visiting the Actual Island That Inspired Neverland

Visiting the Actual Island That Inspired Neverland

John Pielmeier Travels to the South Seas

By John Pielmeier | July 24, 2017

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