Annotating the Archives

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Virginia Woolf in The Yale Review
Claire Messud

Byron and Mr. Briggs

With an introduction by Edward A. Hungerford
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Annotating the Archives

Robert Frost at Midlife

In his poems for The Yale Review, the poet reckoned with mortality, imperfection, and the limits of form
Kamran Javadizadeh
April 6, 2026

The Role of the Modern Writer

In his work for The Yale Review, Thomas Mann grappled with an artist’s relationship to society
Morten Høi Jensen
November 21, 2024

The Poet as a Young Critic

In Thom Gunn’s early work for The Yale Review, he valued style above all else
Langdon Hammer
June 27, 2024

Resurfacing Gems from the Archives

Announcing our new weekly feature
Meghan O’Rourke
March 13, 2024

The Common Reader

Virginia Woolf in The Yale Review
Claire Messud
March 4, 2024

Eliot Among the Ruins

The Waste Land remains prophetic, but what did it foretell?
Langdon Hammer
December 12, 2022

"The Waste Land" Revisited

Helen Vendler
December 1, 1990

Ash-Wednesday

Richard Wilbur
December 1, 1989