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Divinely-Inspired Art: John Higgs on William Blake’s Visions of the Sublime

Divinely-Inspired Art: John Higgs on William Blake’s Visions of the Sublime

“Perhaps more than any visionary before or since, Blake had the creative skill to express what he experienced.”

By John Higgs | May 13, 2022

2,000 Years Old and Still Going Strong: Aristotle’s Lessons in Storytelling

2,000 Years Old and Still Going Strong: Aristotle’s Lessons in Storytelling

Philip Freeman on What We Can Learn From the Poetics

By Philip Freeman | May 13, 2022

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By Book Marks | May 13, 2022

Erica Ruth Neubauer on Mysteries, Her Many Careers, and the Google Search That Started Her Novel

Erica Ruth Neubauer on Mysteries, Her Many Careers, and the Google Search That Started Her Novel

In Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | May 13, 2022

Five Writers Weigh in on the Weird Shame of Publishing a Book

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The Russian War on Ukraine Has Always Been a War on Its Language

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Askold Melnyczuk on the Assault on a Country’s Literature

By Askold Melnyczuk | May 11, 2022

When Iris Murdoch Met Jean-Paul Sartre

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Brad Listi on Resisting the Siren Call of the Static

Brad Listi on Resisting the Siren Call of the Static

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Donna Barba Higuera on Following the Storytelling Traditions of Her Family

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By Sara B. Franklin | May 10, 2022

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