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The end of my American literature era
To research my New Yorker story piece, I had to read a lot of literary biographies.
 • Naomi Kanakia
My introduction to the Great Books
For middle and high school, I went to a Catholic school, run by Benedictine monks, called The Saint Anselm’s Abbey School.
 • Naomi Kanakia
A guide to effort-posting
Recently Ross Barkan wrote a post about a group of critics who make a practice of writing long, obsessive articles about authors or cultural phenomenon.
 • Naomi Kanakia
On 'The New Cultural Criticism'
My agent did an interview recently with the editors of four small literary journals.
 • Naomi Kanakia
The most-disliked people in the publishing industry
One way of studying literature is through direct experience.
 • Naomi Kanakia
The song of angry men
I spent the month of February re-reading Les Miserables.
 • Naomi Kanakia
Why I'll never write a kid's book
Periodically, I think, “I should write a children’s book!
 • Naomi Kanakia
Results of the Literary Reputation Poll!
The survey revealed unexpected fissures between autodidacts and English majors
 • Naomi Kanakia

February 2026

January 2026

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