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John Crowley

John Crowley is the author of Little, Big and the Ægypt cycle. His most recent novel is Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr. He teaches at Yale University.

Articles

In her new book, Danish poet Olga Ravn writes with open love, pity, and compassion for her strange yet familiar creations.

John Crowley
Amazon’s Tales from the Loop has introduced a new audience to the speculative worlds of the Swedish artist, whose books depict worlds in which humanity has, in one way or another, run afoul of technology.
John Crowley

A recent government report gave UFOs a rebrand, but so many basic questions remain unanswered.

John Crowley

Amidst a boys’ club of ’70s-era comics, Shary Flenniken’s Trots and Bonnie was unique for its feminist depiction of the political and sexual awakening of young women.

John Crowley
Celebrated novelists John Crowley and Elizabeth Hand discuss Hand’s new novel and the ways that historical fiction can and cannot answer our questions about the past.
John Crowley, Elizabeth Hand

Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the story for the Academy Award–winning film Arrival. Now his new collection of short stories gives us further glimpses of possible futures.

John Crowley

The cult artist and author proves an evasive subject for biography, a fact that would surely have delighted him.

John Crowley

A science fiction writer remembers his early correspondences with Ursula Le Guin.

John Crowley

On this day, the Crows of the region joined the history of People, and their own history began.

John Crowley

A biography of Norman Bel Geddes, designer of the Futurama, tells the story of American innovation.

John Crowley

Paul Park’s fantasy troubles the line between fiction and reality.

John Crowley

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