Founded to explore and celebrate “difficult” works of twentieth-century literature, The Modern Word ran from 1995–2015. Recently, a few formers editors have dedicated themselves to getting it back online, and are in the process of restoring, revising, and renewing its content here at Shipwreck Library. The following sites and pages are now live:

The Garden is the oldest English-language Borges site on the Web.

This page collects book and film reviews written for The Modern Word.

Dedicated to Thomas Pynchon, Spermatikos Logos will be restored by winter solstice 2021.

Dedicated to James Joyce, the Brazen Head will be restored during 2022 in time for the Bloomsday Centennial.