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The Queen of American Gothic
For the writer Shirley Jackson, the poison was always in the sugar pot—and that was her charm. By B.D. McClay.
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Elena Ferrante, Part 1: The Early Novels
By Randy Rosenthal. Translated by Ann Goldstein.
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Why Does the Mob Want to Erase This Writer?
When he took on the Mafia in his best-selling book, Gomorrah, they took out a hit. So for almost ten years now, author Roberto Saviano has lived in disguise, on the run, protected by his wits and a security detail. Now he’s zeroed in on his next target...
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The Manliness of Joan Didion
First, a parable for manliness in the 21st century... By Franklin Strong.
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This Is Your Brain on Jane Austen
The Neuroscience of Reading Great Literature
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The Hard Truths of Ta-Nehisi Coates
After the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. and the hopes of Barack Obama. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells.
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Umberto Eco’s Advice to Writers
“If we think that our reader is an idiot, we should not use rhetorical figures, but if we use them and feel the need to explain them, we are essentially calling the reader an idiot. In turn, he will take revenge by calling the author an idiot.”
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My Letter From Oliver Sacks
Migraines, 3D magic, and an unlikely correspondence from one “incredibly stereoscopic person” to another. By David Friedman.
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The Machinery of the Universe
Poe’s vision of the cosmos and the art it inspired. By Max Nelson.
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Hemingway’s Messy Legacy Gets Messier
The release of a new edition of Hemingway’s gory Green Hills of Africa leaves one wondering—what to make of his legacy? By Ben Cosgrove.
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Why Tommy and Tuppence Were Agatha Christie's Greatest Creation
Ahead of a BBC adaptation, Ben Lawrence salutes the under-known pair of sleuths inspired by the writer's own marriage
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George R R Martin urges fans to vote on Hugo Awards
George RR Martin
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The Passivity Project
In Rachel Cusk’s fiction, the self is suppressed to the point of destruction. By Alexandra Schwartz.
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Michael Moorcock: “I think Tolkien was a crypto-fascist”
Michael Moorcock revolutionised science fiction with symbolism, sex and psychoactive drugs. Now, at 75, he has invented another genre. By Andrew Harrison.
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The Moment I Became a Novelist
At A Baseball Game In 1978, The Writer Who Almost Wasn't. By Haruki Murakami.
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The Most Eccentric New Yorkers and the Writer Who Loved Them
Joseph Mitchell and his subjects were “all freaks together.” By Robert S. Boynton.
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A Passion for the Void
Understanding Clarice Lispector’s strange and surreal fiction. By Benjamin Anastas.
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At Home at the End of the World: The Long Defeat of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy
In superhero movies, the apocalypse is all the rage. But for the last 20 years, Mike Mignola and his ‘Hellboy’ team have been making art at the end of the world. What can the movies learn from these comic artists’ flirtation with disaster? By Sean T. Collins.
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P.G. Wodehouse’s language is as American as it is British
The prolific writer utilized State-side slang in several works and is cited in the OED as a source for a number of American words. By Britt Peterson.
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Indian Tea-Seller Who Hawks His Books on Amazon
Anasuya Basu in Delhi meets arguably the city's most famous tea seller, Hindi author Laxman Rao.
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