Homer and His Iliad

By Robin Lane Fox

Homer and His Iliad

Did the blind poet really pen the ancient epic by himself?

Portable Magic

By Emma Smith

Portable Magic

An elegant look at literature’s transformative power.

Rip Van Winkle’s Republic

Edited by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

Rip Van Winkle’s Republic

Appraising a 19th-century master through a 21st-century lens.

Blurb Your Enthusiasm

By Louise Willder

Blurb Your Enthusiasm

A congenial consideration of the words that lure us inside the covers.

Tabula Rasa: Volume 1

The master wordsmith reflects on his stumbles and false starts.

Body Work

By Melissa Febos

Body Work

There’s strength in telling your own story.

Taking Things Hard: The Trials of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Analyzing the author via his lesser-known stories.