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Give It All Away? On the Literature of Effective Altruism

Give It All Away? On the Literature of Effective Altruism

Ben Brooks Recommends Dave Eggers, Neel Mukherjee, Ann Napolitano and More

By Ben Brooks | July 17, 2025

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott Explore the Reasoning Behind Some Very Well Known Pseudonyms

By Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott | June 20, 2025

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Adam Roberts Recommends Culinary Moments from Nora Ephron, Charles Dickens, Bryan Washington, and More

By Adam Roberts | May 20, 2025

How Charles Dickens’s Troubled Childhood Influenced His Literary Output

How Charles Dickens’s Troubled Childhood Influenced His Literary Output

Peter Conrad Explores the English Novelist’s Cyclical Vision of Life and Art

By Peter Conrad | May 5, 2025

Non-Canon Compliant: In Praise of Classic Lit Fan Fiction

Non-Canon Compliant: In Praise of Classic Lit Fan Fiction

Allison Epstein Explores the Benefits of Creating Your Own Version of a Canonical Mainstay

By Allison Epstein | February 25, 2025

Let’s Not Forget Charles Dickens’s Other Christmas Ghost Stories!

Let’s Not Forget Charles Dickens’s Other Christmas Ghost Stories!

Six Creepy, Morality-Fueled Holiday Tales From the Master

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 18, 2024

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Nonfiction That Rivals <em>Little Women</em>: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

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Anne Enright Stays Inside the Work

Anne Enright Stays Inside the Work

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Susan Williams on Charles Dickens’s <em>Bleak House</em>

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In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 11, 2023

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Erin McCarthy and the Team at Mental Floss Examine Some Famous Phrases

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