Classics
Odysseus’s crew members were turned into this non-kosher animal by Circe.
What is a pig?
This NYC-based memoir follows the relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe as they grapple with the pursuit of art and desire.
What is Just Kids?
This magazine was founded as “a reflection in word and picture of metropolitan life,” and is celebrating its centennial birthday this year.
What is The New Yorker?
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
What is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen?
This business-minded speaker recently published the second edition of one of her writing guides in April 2025.
Who is Jane Friedman?
This famous writer’s parents were an anarchist and a proto-feminist.
Who is Mary Shelley?
After Joan Didion spent a year of magical thinking, she wrote this second memoir that meditates on grief and aging.
What is Blue Nights?
This magazine’s popular podcast recently released an episode titled, “The Death of Feminism.”
What is The Atlantic?
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
What is 1984 by George Orwell?
This editor may be based in the Bay Area, but her work focuses on translations and books from around the world
Who is Lizzie Davis?
This twin from a Mayan text is the first to enter Xibalba with his brother and is ultimately tricked and sacrificed, but his skull later impregnates a maiden, leading to the birth of the Hero Twins.
Who is One Hunahpu?
With a polarizing title, this Nickelodeon child star recounts her difficult relationship with he mother while growing up on the popular TV show “iCarly.”
Who is Jennette McCurdy?
Adrian Matejka is the Editor-in-Chief of this magazine.
What is Poetry Magazine?
“‘Later!’ The word, the voice, the attitude.
What is Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman?
This VP and Executive Editor at Random House is also an author and activist.
In Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman, this character challenges Elesin’s authority and accuses him of failing his duty.
Who is Olunde?
One year after publishing her memoir “Down the Drain,” this fashion icon was given a bratty shout-out.
Who is Julia Fox?
In the 1970s, this magazine broke Seymour Hersh’s account of the My Lai massacre.
What is Harper’s Magazine?
“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.”
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston?
This editor worked on Hilary Clinton’s “It Takes a Village.”
After working hard for three months at the behest of his patron Rowland, this fictional 19th-century sculptor exclaimed, “I have earned a right to reverie”.
Who is Roderick Hudson?
The last showgirl's memoir is titled with a personal sign-off.
What is Love, Pamela?
Elizabeth Wagner is the Chief Copy Editor of this magazine.
What is The Kenyon Review?
“It was, gentlemen, after a long absence — seven years to be exact, during which time I was studying in Europe — that I returned to my people.”
What is Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih?
This speaker previously worked at Netflix.
Who is Grace Cartwright?