It’s time to move on to the next stage of assessing women’s literature. That’s Elaine Showalter’s message in her new book, A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers From Anne Bradstreet to Annie ...

Last weekend, in the midst of a conversation about Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel, Beloved, I mentioned that there are Morrison references in every book I’ve written. This is true of a number of writers ...

Every culture wants a literature of its own, a canon of works that reflects something deep and unique about an imagined community larger than the individual. In the 18th century, writers like Joseph ...

Garth Greenwell spoke with me from Iowa City, where he’s bracing for the release of his already widely praised first novel, “What Belongs To You” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 208 pp., $23). Set in ...

Egyptian author Nawal El Saadawi says her novel "God Dies by the Nile" has even more relevance today than when it was first published in 1974. In the book, daughters and wives in a poor Nile village ...

Since the 16th century, the Spanish language has been interwoven into the fabric of American history, shaping its literary and cultural landscapes. Yet, much of this literary tradition remains ...

The Nobel laureate in literature makes the case that his songs are at least grounded in a literary tradition. Bob Dylan is not overly endowed with humility: “I was heading for the fantastic lights. No ...

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Are Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays still relevant today? Source: Dennis Clausen Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is not someone we hear much about today. Yet a strong case can be made that he is one of ...