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Don’t Kill the Critics

Feb 17, 2014

Editor’s Note by Martha Nichols

The old infrastructure for evaluating literature is crumbling beneath my feet, and not for the right reasons.

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"Wake up, New York Review of Boys!"

Feb 17, 2014

Theme Essay by Amy Hoffman

Suppressing women’s writing—which, make no mistake, is what our culture does—is suppressing our thought.

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Literary Criticism Is Dead

Feb 17, 2014

Theme Essay by Ron MacLean

The online reading public has made clear that it does not want tastemakers telling them what to like.

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Quality, Schmality—Indie Lit Rocks!

Feb 10, 2014

TW Column by David Biddle

Literature happens not because editors and academics give it the nod, but because a writer puts her whole self on the page.

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"MaddAddam" and the Trouble with Sequels

Dec 16, 2013

Book Review by Karen J. Ohlson

I imagined Atwood as a magician who had allowed herself to be handcuffed and locked in a box, just to show how easily she could break free.

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