Will John Irving’s The Last Chairlift Stand the Test of Time?
For decades, the celebrated author ruled the public’s imagination. But times change—how will he be read now?
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Why This Poet Declared War on Her Own Book
When M. NourbeSe Philip’s work on a slave ship massacre was translated without her consent, she didn’t recognize it anymore. Who ultimately owns the stories we tell?
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Groupies Deserve More Credit
Superfans contribute just as much to culture as the male musicians they love. Why haven’t they had the shine they deserve?
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Ann-Marie MacDonald on Exile, Imagination, and Her New Gothic Ghost Story
The writer insists that her books have happy endings—“insofar as there is someone left to tell the tale”
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My Harry Potter Podcast Made Me a Better Scholar
I was taught to separate my feelings from my work. Making Witch, Please showed me the value of opening up
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100 Years of Mavis Gallant
Her stories are about the cost of living and the cost of love. It’s why they still endure
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The Tarnished Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott
How educators are teaching the poetry of the man who oversaw residential schools
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Hotline Proves Happy Endings Are Still Worth Writing
Fiction about immigrants tends toward melancholy and tragedy. Dimitri Nasrallah’s new novel delivers something different
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Horror, Horror Everywhere: New Books Are Shaking the Genre to Its Core
Writers are taking spooky books to places they’ve never gone before
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