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Cushty, Prat, Cowson... and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America
Christopher J. Yates on Language Nostalgia
By Christopher J. Yates
July 9, 2025
What a 1964 Book About American Anti-Intellectualism Can Teach Us About the Trump Era
Peter Balakian on Richard Hofstadter and the Current Assault on Academia
By Peter Balakian
July 9, 2025
Cruising the Holy Highway: Mary Jo Bang Journeys Through Dante’s “Paradiso”
From the Introduction to a New Translation of the Heavenly Portion of "The Divine Comedy"
By Mary Jo Bang
July 9, 2025
Writing the Memoir My Father Never Could
Margot Singer: “That book... was not the book my father wanted. But it was the only one that I could write. It spoke the only truth I knew.”
By Margot Singer
July 9, 2025
Gary Shteyngart on Channeling a Precocious Child Narrator
Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Vera, or Faith”
By Jane Ciabattari
July 8, 2025
Did Shakespeare Write Hamlet While He Was Stoned?
Sam Kelly Explores the Potential Influence of Cannabis on the Bard’s Prolific Literary Output
By Sam Kelly
July 8, 2025
Croatia as a Character? Lidija Hilje on Trying—and Failing—to Write a Universal Story
“Even though I did my best to tune out Croatia, this proved to be an impossible task.”
By Lidija Hilje
July 8, 2025
