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Happy New Year to All

We made it! More or less!

Dec 31, 2025 • Lev Grossman

That Other American Tolkien

When I was a child, the novels of Fritz Leiber were way more important to me than The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. If anything Tolkien was the…

Nov 18, 2025 • Lev Grossman

The Wardrobe Opened 75 Years Ago

It seems like an age has passed. And also like no time at all. But that's Narnia for ya

Oct 18, 2025 • Lev Grossman

The King Sleeps: Or, the Brief Life and Inevitable Death of a Darling

They say kill your darlings, and they’re 100% right. But today I honor the passing of one that I killed with more than usual reluctance

Aug 25, 2025 • Lev Grossman

A Season in Hell: February 20-March 13

We all hate the person from Porlock. Except when we desperately need the person from Porlock

Jul 25, 2025 • Lev Grossman

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