**National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistBest Book of Fall (Esquire) and a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 (Lit Hub)What Has Happened to Fiction in the Age of Platform Capitalism?**Since it was first launched in 1994, Amazon has changed the world of literature. The “Everything Store” has not just transformed how we buy books; it has affected what we buy, and even what we read. In Everything and Less, acclaimed critic Mark McGurl explores...

Once upon a time there were good American novels and bad ones, but none was thought of as a work of art. The Novel Art tells the story of how, beginning with Henry James, this began to change. Examining the late-nineteenth century movement to elevate the status of the novel, its sources, paradoxes, and reverberations into the twentieth century, Mark McGurl presents a more coherent and wide-ranging account of the development of American modernist fiction than ever before.Mo...

In The Program Era, Mark McGurl offers a fundamental reinterpretation of postwar American fiction, asserting that it can be properly understood only in relation to the rise of mass higher education and the creative writing program. McGurl asks both how the patronage of the university has reorganized American literature and—even more important—how the increasing intimacy of writing and schooling can be brought to bear on a reading of this literature.McGurl argues that far f...

Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions dismantled. Here, young scholars present fresh thinking to audiences outside the academy, accomplished authors weigh in on timely issues, and a wide range of readers encounter th...

Do you feel overcome by feelings of shame when expressing your sexuality? We are primal beings, and humans possess sexuality as one of the primary states. And other than being discerning, guilt-free sexuality is not only permitted but also encouraged. You need to feel truly liberated and recognize yourself as a free spirit who was meant to explore existence in as many ways as possible. Removing any negative social programming will also enable you to be more independent. In the Shame-Free S...

There are things happening around you that you might not be aware of. There exists a realm of the unseen filled with angels, and one of them is watching over you. Are you ready to acknowledge and receive your guardian angel? If you would like to, you first need to learn to think about, see, and experience their presence. You will need to open up and bask in the cozy shades of divinity and have them spread all over and within you. In the Meeting Your Guardian Angel series, you will be guide...

We all need companionship at some point in our lives. You might one day find that you come across a romantic interest who is perfect for you. As you pursue your passion with them further, you will arrive at an intimate juncture at some point. An average person finds it challenging to fully sexually express themselves, and you might feel the same way. If this is you, you will need guidance on how to fully express yourself and have an enriching experience. The Electric Sexual Performance ser...

Have you ever been conscious of and uncomfortable with your body? If so, you are not the only one. Owing to external influences, some people have a perception of their bodies as imperfect and incomplete. You are the consciousness that exists within your body, in all uniqueness. You have lived with your body and achieved your goals with it. It is with you when you wake up and when you fall asleep. It is an intimate part of you. In the Love Your Body series, you will learn to conceive of you...

Do you feel that there is something blocking your desire to sensually let go? If so, this could prevent you from fully experiencing intimacy and could affect you socially, mentally, and emotionally. You could have acquired inhibitions that you need to remove. By experiencing the sensuality that you desire, you could live more fully. Inhibitions can be removed by deeper learning, which you can reconstruct as the master of your own destiny. You need to trust your impulses and develop emotion...

Tiny changes, monumental results. Do you suffer from a lack of sleep? Are you constantly tired and dragging throughout the day? Not having a significant amount of quality sleep each night, can hinder your quality of life in great measures. In this relaxing guided meditation for deep sleep, the author takes you through a tranquil step-by-step guide to gaining a deep sleep and new you. In this self-help guided meditation recording you will: Gather energy to use in a positive manner. Clear yo...

Do you feel that there should be more to sensual pleasure than what you are currently experiencing? Intimacy is not only pleasurable, but it is also a great way to enhance one's emotional connection and communication with our partner. As with everything else, you need to allow yourself to open up to the possibility of experiencing passion more strongly. Thereafter, you need to feel it throughout your being and feel mildly electrified. In the Multiple Sensual Climaxes series, you will be gu...

Are you struggling to make ends meet or would like to earn much more than you do currently? It is a reasonable, and even preferred, lifelong ambition to live comfortably and have the resources to do what you want. You need to foremost develop a mindset that accepts the universe to be a place of abundance that has more than enough for everyone. You deserve all the wealth that your heart desires, but you need to communicate that to the universe. In the Financial Abundance series, you will be...