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15 Books by Contemporary Mexican Writers That Make America Greater

15 Books by Contemporary Mexican Writers That Make America Greater

Literature we want and need within our borders

By Emily Temple | February 1, 2017

15 Works of Contemporary Literature by and About Refugees

15 Works of Contemporary Literature by and About Refugees

Stories and Voices We Need Now and Always

By Emily Temple | January 31, 2017

Fantasy is About Power: An Interview with Lev Grossman

Fantasy is About Power: An Interview with Lev Grossman

The author of The Magicians on genre, Buffy, and writing against Trump

By Emily Temple | January 31, 2017

20 Literary Voices On What to Do Now

20 Literary Voices On What to Do Now

Lauren Groff, Yaa Gyasi, Nikki Giovanni and Others on Moving Forward and Fighting Back

By Emily Temple | January 30, 2017

An Incomplete Dossier of Evidence That Donald Trump Doesn't Read

An Incomplete Dossier of Evidence That Donald Trump Doesn't Read

This is the last person who should defund the NEA

By Emily Temple | January 27, 2017

All of the Passages In <em>1984</em> That Relate To You Right Now

All of the Passages In 1984 That Relate To You Right Now

There's a reason it's selling out everywhere

By Emily Temple | January 27, 2017

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An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in Pop Culture

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Some Things You May Not Have Known About Edith Wharton's Dog Obsession

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This Season, Book Awards Are Actually Giving Us Hope

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A Painfully Close Reading of That Terrible Trump Victory Poem

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Your Literary Guide to the Sundance Film Festival

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Mary Karr: Stop Asking Me About David Foster Wallace, Thanks

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See Photos From the Writers Resist Flagship Event in NYC

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The First Truly Blockbuster Audiobook?

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