César Aira Makes the Impossible Possible

César Aira Makes the Impossible Possible

Mark Haber on the Newly Translated Ema the Captive

By Mark Haber | December 6, 2016

Literature for This Long, Dark Night of America's Soul

Literature for This Long, Dark Night of America's Soul

Scott Esposito Looks to Art for Salvation

By Veronica Esposito | December 5, 2016

Why We Need Revolutionary Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz More Than Ever

Why We Need Revolutionary Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz More Than Ever

Rajat Singh on the Tangible Power of Political Poetry

By Rajat Singh | December 5, 2016

Where is All the Sibling Literature for Adults?

Where is All the Sibling Literature for Adults?

Katharine Noel on the Centrality of Sibling Relationships to YA

By Katharine Noel | December 2, 2016

On the Dangerous AIDS Myth of 'Patient Zero,' and the Book That Started It All

On the Dangerous AIDS Myth of 'Patient Zero,' and the Book That Started It All

How Convenient Storylines Can Ruin Lives

By Harron Walker | December 1, 2016

Ntozake Shange: On a Brilliant Balance of Anger and Poetry

Ntozake Shange: On a Brilliant Balance of Anger and Poetry

Michael Denneny on This Year's Langston Hughes Medal Winner

By Michael Denneny | December 1, 2016

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How Pacifism Can Lead to Violence and Conflict

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Miriam Toews on the Conflicts that Arise from Mennonites' Non-Conflict

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neruda's Lost Poems

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neruda's Lost Poems

On Translating His Recent Collection of Never-Before-Seen Poems

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The Bolaño Effect: Latin American Literature in Translation

The Bolaño Effect: Latin American Literature in Translation

On the Great and Steady Surge in Translated Titles

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Thoreau Was Actually Funny as Hell

Thoreau Was Actually Funny as Hell

The Walden Author Isn't a Misanthrope—Just Misunderstood

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Harry Potter is Actually a Great Narrative Frame for Good and Evil

Harry Potter is Actually a Great Narrative Frame for Good and Evil

Stop Policing the Literary Reference Points of Others

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What Can Historical Fiction Accomplish That History Does Not?

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On Time, the Past, and Einstein's Theory of Relativity

By Sabina Murray | November 10, 2016

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