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It’s true that if you trace the plots, characters, and tropes of popular fiction back, you find the same ideas threaded throughout history.

This is the last best-of lists for the stuff on the blog. This one features all of the op-ed pieces that we wrote.

Still, none post it so well as Murder Must Advertise, a detective fiction that perfectly incorporates all that is best about Sayers.

In the window of a bookstore is the sign "Please note: The post-apocalyptical fiction section has been moved to Current Affairs."

Social distancing is living the life of Lizzie Bennett: we keep respectful distances,

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Why Writing Is Responsible For The Toiler Paper Shortage - Op-Ed Piece How Writing Caused A Toilet Paper Shortage (Tolkien was right) JRR...

Everyone’s favorite satirist, playwright, and, uh…epigram-er…was Irish. And he wrote a blistering critique of the Anglo-American

We all thought memes were “just jokes.” Well, here are some memes that make solid points about some of the most important works

Darcy and Elizabeth. Romeo and Juliet. Cathy and Heathcliff. Jane and Rochester. These famous literary couples get all the attention,

We live in an era of innovation, including in literature. Many young readers think they don’t like reading… until they find the right book.

He’s a whiny, scrawny adolescent. He has anger issues. He’s “the Chosen One.” And yet, Harry Potter just might be the best character

This week, Christopher Tolkien died. Not only do we mourn the loss of a great man, we mourn the loss of an era.

Jane Austen? The best author of all time? Really? Don’t worry, our favorite Regency authroress is as timeless as they come