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Why the decline of literary fiction is a cultural crisis

February 23, 2025 by Eugene Havens

Serious literature inspires a society to think, reason, and object.

October 26, 2023June 17, 2023 by Eugene Havens

Dickens, Austen and Tolstoy didn’t go to writing school, so why do we?

January 7, 2023January 2, 2023 by Eugene Havens

Western culture has become the authoritarian enemy Nabokov fled.

December 28, 2022February 27, 2022 by Eugene Havens

Eugene Havens looks for fun after leaving the big city.

December 28, 2022November 27, 2021 by Eugene Havens

Thomas Mann’s great novel has lost its magic over the years.

June 16, 2023September 25, 2021 by TWT Staff

Why the books we make are overwhelming for some but music to others.

June 30, 2023September 19, 2021 by Eugene Havens

Sublime author (and doctor) Anton Chekhov dispenses bitter medicine.

December 28, 2022September 18, 2021 by Eugene Havens

This historical book made the world a witness to hidden crimes.

December 28, 2022September 17, 2021 by Eugene Havens

Eugene Havens makes a case for tackling big reads.

June 16, 2023March 24, 2021 by TWT Staff

The novel by Eugene Havens is now an audiobook, narrated by Adam Verner.