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Sexism Wants Women to Think We’re Stupid—and We Believe It

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How Rumi Became a Poet

How Rumi Became a Poet

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Kevin Barry on Flowers in the Attic, 2666, and The Talented Mr. Ripley

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It turns out Drake has very good taste in books.

It turns out Drake has very good taste in books.

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How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

Kate Tsurkan Reports from Chernivtsi

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What Comes After “Kmart Realism”? Writing Place in the Era of American Uniformity

What Comes After “Kmart Realism”? Writing Place in the Era of American Uniformity

Lee Cole on the Homogenization of Rural Life in America

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Lee Kravetz on Sylvia Plath, 1950s Psychiatry, and Confessional Poets

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On Coming to Ursula K. Le Guin in My Own Time

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Finding Inspiration in Willa Cather’s Belief in the Necessity of Art

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How to Express Your Love to Virginia Woolf

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