Silliness, small stakes, and a compelling other world: Jonathan Franzen pays homage to Peanuts
Jeffrey Colvin: The wide-ranging influences that helped inspire Africaville
Edith Wharton, “Expiation”
(Re)Introducing R. A. Lafferty, a “Master” for the past, present, and future
Gary K. Wolfe: Why the 1950s were the golden age of the science fiction novel
Andrew Blauner: The humanity, humility, and humor of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts
The Ursula K. Le Guin–Harold Bloom connection, and other news for Le Guin’s 90th birthday
Watch: “You’re weird, sir” — or, Peanuts and the politics of personal identity
New animated film honors Edward Field, WWII veteran and a hero on several fronts
Harold Bloom’s The American Canon: “He is speaking directly to you about his passions”
Why Richard Henry Dana’s Two Years Before the Mast still appeals to sailors—and young readers
Thomas Jefferson’s Education: Alan Taylor on the troubled origins of “Mr. Jefferson’s University”
He “lived and breathed literature”—Library of America remembers Harold Bloom, 1930–2019
No tricks, all treats: For Halloween, we present LOA’s terrifying Top Five
Kate Bolick: “Feminism is common sense,” and other truths from Little Women
Lenny Kaye, “The Best of Acapella”
