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Vladimir Nabokov
December 10, 2019
Jennifer Wilson
Vladimir Nabokov’s Fighting Spirit
A new essay collection shows his opposition to Cold War politics in literature.
February 21, 2018
MagazineNicholson Baker
Night Vision
The forgotten theory of dreams that inspired Vladimir Nabokov
May 12, 2017
Jeet Heer
Alex Jones’ interpretation of Donald Trump’s Comey letter is worthy of Vladimir Nabokov.
December 16, 2015
Jeet Heer
With a sly smile, Vladimir Nabokov gives away the game.
December 15, 2015
Lolita Book Club
Lolita Turns 60
Ten writers reconsider Nabokov’s novel, page by page.
May 28, 2015
Ira Wells
Forgetting Lolita: How Nabokov's Victim Became an American Fantasy
May 27, 2014
Sarah Weinman
Novels About Famous Writers' Wives Are a Cheap Trick
Leave Zelda, Hadley, and the rest out of it
April 22, 2014
Hillary Kelly
The Most Bizarrely Sexual ‘Lolita’ Book Covers
July 3, 2013
Maggie Shipstead
The Phony Transgressiveness of 'Tampa'
This summer's big, erotic novel is like 'Lolita' without the charm
June 27, 2013
Vladimir Nabokov
From the Stacks: “The Art of Translation”
August 4, 1941
July 2, 2012
The New Republic Staff
From the Archives: Vladimir Nabokov on the Art of Translation
June 20, 2012
Ron Rosenbaum
Ah, Watergate!
February 3, 2010
William Deresiewicz
Carded
January 11, 2010
Jonathan Chait
The Book
January 10, 2010
Franklin Foer, Leon Wieseltier
Big News: Introducing The Book, an Online Review
January 10, 2010
Isaac Chotiner
Welcome To The Book
July 7, 1947
Richard Watts Jr.
Comic-Strip Dictator
September 22, 1941
The New Republic Staff
Nabokov's Perfect, Cheeky Response to a Reader Who Tried to Correct Him

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