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The Racist History of Celebrating the American Tomboy

The Racist History of Celebrating the American Tomboy

Lisa Selin Davis on the Endless Privileges Accorded to White Girls

By Lisa Selin Davis | August 11, 2020

When One Doctor-Turned-Novelist Reads Another

When One Doctor-Turned-Novelist Reads Another

Dr. Melanie Cheng Revisits the Fiction of Jacinta Halloran

By Melanie Cheng | August 11, 2020

My Father: The Genius, The Poet, Richard Eberhart

My Father: The Genius, The Poet, Richard Eberhart

Gretchen Cherington on Growing Up Surrounded by Great Thinkers

By Gretchen Cherington | August 7, 2020

Reading the First Drafts of<br> <em>Anna Karenina</em>

Reading the First Drafts of
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Bob Blaisdell on Tolstoy's Creation and Pushkin's Influence

By Bob Blaisdell | August 6, 2020

On Flannery O’Connor’s Chronic Illness... and Chronic Racism

On Flannery O’Connor’s Chronic Illness... and Chronic Racism

Maggie Levantovskaya Searches for Literary Narratives of Lupus

By Maggie Levantovskaya | August 6, 2020

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Odie Lindsey on POV Shifts and Moral Dilemmas on
Red Headed Stranger

By Odie Lindsey | August 5, 2020

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The Essential Steven Millhauser: Where to Start With An Underrated American Master

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Jeet Heer on the Complex Origins of Little Orphan Annie

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Joy Williams on the Troubling Grace and Strange Assurances of Brad Watson's Work

loneliness and wonder."">"He could be appallingly funny yet tap into a grievous
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On Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's Rise to the Top of Brazilian Literature

On Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's Rise to the Top of Brazilian Literature

Robin Patterson and Margaret Jull Costa Trace the Author's Beginnings

By Robin Patterson and Margaret Jull Costa | August 3, 2020

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

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My Unborn Baby Has Strong Opinions About Classic Literature

My Unborn Baby Has Strong Opinions About Classic Literature

A Comic by Kate Gavino Featuring In Utero Reviews

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A New Generation of Writers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Narrates Life<br> Beyond War

A New Generation of Writers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Narrates Life
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Stacy Mattingly on the Country's Renewed Literary World

By Stacy Mattingly | July 30, 2020

The Literary Life of Pessoa's Alter Ego

The Literary Life of Pessoa's Alter Ego

Jerónimo Pizarro and Patricio Ferrari on a Man Who Came
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By Jerónimo Pizarro and Patricio Ferrari | July 29, 2020

Some of the Earliest Written Dialogues Were in Middle English Literature

Some of the Earliest Written Dialogues Were in Middle English Literature

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