“I do not like people whose principal aim is pleasure.” When James Baldwin Went to Fire Island

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Jack Parlett on Where the Iconic Writer Wrote Another Country

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Kirstin Chen on Shattering the Model Minority Myth

Kirstin Chen on Shattering the Model Minority Myth

The Author of Counterfeit Talks to Jane Ciabattari

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On the Close Relationship Between Joy and Horror: Isle McElroy Discusses Their Debut Novel

On the Close Relationship Between Joy and Horror: Isle McElroy Discusses Their Debut Novel

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WATCH: Héctor Tobar on How a Novel Can Only Be Successful When It Sees the Whole Person

WATCH: Héctor Tobar on How a Novel Can Only Be Successful When It Sees the Whole Person

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“Men Act, Women Appear.” Reading Emily Ratajkowski and Catherine McCormack

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Veronica Esposito on the Complicated Intersection of Theory and Practice

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A Close Reading of Christina Rossetti’s Sensationally Bizarre Poem

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Linda Holmes on Changing Your Life Story

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Hal Niedzviecki on the Very Modern Problem of Always Knowing Where You Are

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Soon Wiley on Marrying Literary and Genre Fiction in His Debut Novel

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Elisabeth Houston is Reading Now and Next

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