Tag Archives: the great gatsby

(Title, If Any)

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Owen King

Owen King breaks down the complicated process of naming a novel — and then having to name it again. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature | Tagged Anhedonia, Binnie Kirshenbaum, book titles, Catch-22, David Yoo, Hannah Tinti, Kalisha Buckhanon, Little Dorrit, Nick Flynn, Panasonic, Peter Abrahams, Reenactments, Sex Parties in Omaha, The Bouncing Lover, The Good Wife, the great gatsby, titles, upstate | 2 Comments

GA(tsb)Y

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Greg Olear

A new take on an old classic. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, Literature | Tagged Daisy Buchanan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, gay narrators, Jay Gatsby, Maxwell Perkins, nick carraway, the great gatsby, Tom Buchanan | 27 Comments

Men in Books

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Janet Steen

In which Janet Steen stacks the contemporary male loser protagonist up against some literary men she’s loved in the past. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged david foster wallace, Gary Shteyngart, jane eyre, jesus' son, John Updike, mr. rochester, new york review of books, nick carraway, norman mailer, philip roth, sam lipsyte, stephen dixon, the great gatsby | 2 Comments