August 25, 2014
A stranger reading Trimalchio on the subway seemingly opens up the doors to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s New York.
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A stranger reading Trimalchio on the subway seemingly opens up the doors to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s New York.
Read MoreBest known for his intricate short stories, Jorge Luis Borges wrote considerably more — and some would say better — essays, articles and criticisms.
Read MoreOn what would’ve been the famed author’s 94th birthday, twelves bits of his advice for writers.
Read MoreBooks aren’t television, making “binge-reading” a phrase that doesn’t need to catch on.
Read MoreConsidering his revelry in poetry, sex and rebellion, you might assume that Charles Baudelaire was a man of the political left … but you’d be wrong.
Read MoreComparing passages from Ian McEwan and Ernest Hemingway reveals the power of the simple sentence: its honesty.
Read MoreJoyce Carol Oates, David Foster Wallace, Zadie Smith — you’ve read their books, now check out their essays, articles and criticism available free online.
Read MoreAs cosmic as H. P. Lovecraft’s thoughts often were, New England and his home city of Providence, Rhode Island influenced his fiction just as much as his imagination.
Read MoreDoesn’t matter how good the movie is or how true to the text, I’m not watching it — and maybe you shouldn’t either.
Read MoreReading House of Leaves at a bar while waiting for the laundry degenerates into drunken anxiety.
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