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A Descent Into Poe's Maelstrom

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Micah Mattix
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Blown Away

REVIEW: 'Annihilation: A Novel' by Michel Houellebecq

Dominic Green
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Classes, Clubs, and Pubs: The World of C.S. Lewis

REVIEW: ‘C.S. Lewis’s Oxford’ by Simon Horobin

Micah Mattix
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Willa Cather’s Nobility

REVIEW: ‘Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather’ by Benjamin Taylor

Joseph Epstein
December 24, 2023
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Was Mrs. Orwell Memory-Holed?

REVIEW: ‘Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life’ by Anna Funder

Alexander Larman
October 1, 2023
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More Fiction, Less Phone Time: Now There’s a Novel Idea

REVIEW: ‘The Novel, Who Needs It?’ by Joseph Epstein

David Skinner
August 20, 2023
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Overthinking the Greatness of Gatsby (Which Is Still Great)

REVIEW: ‘Taking Things Hard: The Trials of F. Scott Fitzgerald’

Tim Rice
July 30, 2023
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Tempest in a Teacup

REVIEW: ‘Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature’

Alexander Larman
July 9, 2023