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On Dickens’ Demons and Weird Relationship with Christmas

On Dickens’ Demons and Weird Relationship with Christmas

A Close Reading of A Christmas Carol

By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst | December 20, 2018

The Temptations of Playing the Muse

The Temptations of Playing the Muse

On Love, Marriage, Charles Dickens, and Becoming the Writer I Needed to Be

By Samantha Silva | December 19, 2018

Samantha Silva on Retelling the Tale of a Charles Dickens Christmas

Samantha Silva on Retelling the Tale of a Charles Dickens Christmas

In Conversation with C.P. Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | December 14, 2018

The Good, The Bad, and The Delicious: 20 Unexpected Literary Cookbooks

The Good, The Bad, and The Delicious: 20 Unexpected Literary Cookbooks

A Confederacy of Dunces: The Cookbook?

By Emily Temple | November 19, 2018

Meet the Beloved Pet Ravens of Charles Dickens

Meet the Beloved Pet Ravens of Charles Dickens

Grip I, Grip II, and, You Guessed It, Grip III

By Christopher Skaife | October 2, 2018

Why I Added, Then Deleted, Trump from My Novel

Why I Added, Then Deleted, Trump from My Novel

"These Additions, My Agent Noted, Were Not Very Good"

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