Articles of Note

Two famous academics, 3,000 fans, $1,500 tickets: Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Zizek will tussle later this month in Toronto. So exciting ... or so what?... more »

New Books

George Bernard Shaw on Henrik Ibsen, Vladimir Nabokov on Nikolai Gogol, Henry Miller on Arthur Rimbaud, Nicholson Baker on John Updike, Karl Ove Knausgaard on ... Edvard Munch?... more »

Essays & Opinions

We don’t get to choose our influences. Yet it still comes as a surprise to learn that the book that caused Harold Bloom the most "anxiety of influence" is a little-known 1920 fantasy novel... more »