An Ostrich On Election Day
Eight Things to Distract You During the Midterms
The 12 Best British Detective Shows
Gray sweaters and cunning sleuths abound
Professor Raskolnikov at the Lectern
14 fictional characters who wouldn’t do anything by the book
Dog Days and Dog-Eared Pages
A summer reading list, Scholar-style
Last Words
One of the final poems that J. D. McClatchy (1945-2018) wrote
The Ones That Got Away
21 authors who’ve settled down in the sunny Mediterranean—and you can too!
Many Monsters or Monstrous Men—A Listicle Duel About Literary Villains
Two SCHOLAR editors clash over what books to read this Halloween season
Five Books Banned for Dubious Reasons—So You Should Definitely Read Them
Banned Books Week draws attention to free speech, intellectual freedom, and the right to quietly read a good novel
Five Pulp Favorites—And Five Literary Greats for Ballast
There’s some commercial fiction you shouldn’t feel ashamed to read on the subway … but just in case, we’ve included a few highbrow favorites to cover your tracks
Back to School Required Reading
12 Literary Campuses Worth Revisiting



















