Who is Elena Ferrante? You Are
As the mysterious author of Ferrante’s Neapolitan novel series shows, our identities are built from the reflection provided by others
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What We Read: The Whims of One Man
Walrus staff talk about what’s on their minds, desks, and nightstands
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One-Trick Tiger
Great writers face unpleasant truths. Yann Martel does the opposite
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Eternal Youth
Is The Virgin Suicides a modern classic?
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The Cheshire Cat’s Grin
Solving the greatest mystery of Wonderland, 150 years later
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E. L. Doctorow, 1931–2015
The fox in the tree leaves
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The Richler Revival
Mordecai Richler taught Quebec to laugh at itself—a quarter century before it was ready to do so. Montreal finally is giving him his due
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Living with Authoritis
On the job of writing books
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Rise of the Gender Novel
Too often, trans characters are written as tortured heroes. We’re more complex than that
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