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Someone has written a prequel to <em>The Great Gatsby</em> and it's coming next year.

Someone has written a prequel to The Great Gatsby and it's coming next year.

By Dan Sheehan | July 15, 2020

An Alaska school board will keep classics on the curriculum after an uproar over their removal.

An Alaska school board will keep classics on the curriculum after an uproar over their removal.

By Corinne Segal | May 21, 2020

Greil Marcus on <em>Gatsby</em>: A Blues Fable of the Great Depression

Greil Marcus on Gatsby: A Blues Fable of the Great Depression

Reconsidering the American Myth of a Distant Paradise

By Greil Marcus | April 30, 2020

Here are the reality shows on which beloved literary characters would star.

Here are the reality shows on which beloved literary characters would star.

By Jessie Gaynor | April 6, 2020

In 2021, <em>The Great Gatsby</em> will be up for grabs.

In 2021, The Great Gatsby will be up for grabs.

By Aaron Robertson | January 22, 2020

The 10 Best Literary Film Adaptations<br> of the Decade

The 10 Best Literary Film Adaptations
of the Decade

And then some.

By Emily Temple | December 12, 2019

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Nothing Great About It . . . Amirite?

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How I Finally Moved On From My Childhood Crush, Holden Caulfield

How I Finally Moved On From My Childhood Crush, Holden Caulfield

I Learned to Understand the Appeal of Reading Everything

By Tatiana Ryckman | December 8, 2017

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From Gatsby to Giovanni's Room, the Stories Behind 5 American Classics

Jake Grogan on the Origins of 5 Great Books

By Jake Grogan | November 3, 2017

Why a Party is a Perfect Literary Device

Why a Party is a Perfect Literary Device

Most People have a Party Persona at Odds with the Real Person Beneath

By Elizabeth Day | August 25, 2017

Stephanie Powell Watts on Writing Hard Times in Small Towns

Stephanie Powell Watts on Writing Hard Times in Small Towns

The Author of No One is Coming to Save Us in Conversation with Bethanne Patrick

By Bethanne Patrick | May 9, 2017

I Love <em>The Great Gatsby</em>, Even if it Doesn't Love Me Back

I Love The Great Gatsby, Even if it Doesn't Love Me Back

On Difficult Characters and the Unbearable Whiteness of Classic Literature

By Stephanie Powell Watts | April 3, 2017

Jonathan Lethem on the Lost Conversations of Ross Macdonald

Jonathan Lethem on the Lost Conversations of Ross Macdonald

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