Literary Essays

Oscar Wilde's early fame ensured that throughout his short life he was written about by many of those he met. He was celebrated - or mocked - as th...

There are few writers about whom opinions diverge so widely as Anthony Powell, whose Dance to the Music of Time sequence is one of the most ambitio...

'It was the most liberating thing that ever happened to me, having children. The children's demands on me were things that nobody else ever asked m...

It is said that this book reached an important milestone in the study of literature by crystalizing a movement that had been under way for two deca...

Nicole Brossard is known internationally for her writings on writing, on feminism and on lesbian existence. This edition released for a new wave of...

*A People Top 10 Book of 2018* The New York Times essayist and author of We Learn Nothing, Tim Kreider trains his singular power of observation on ...

It has been decades since women of color first turned feminism upside down, exposing the feminist movement as exclusive, white, and unaware of the ...