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Marriage Isn't the Only Plot for Love

Marriage Isn't the Only Plot for Love

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By Kristen Martin | February 11, 2019

What Barry Jenkins Missed in His Adaptation of <em>If Beale Street Could Talk</em>

What Barry Jenkins Missed in His Adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk

Gabrielle Bellot Thinks James Baldwin Deserves Better

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 8, 2019

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Harry Potter, you know?"">"This isn't Harry Potter, you know?"

By Emily Temple | February 8, 2019

On the Anxiety and Vanity of Marcel Proust, Debut Novelist

On the Anxiety and Vanity of Marcel Proust, Debut Novelist

World Wars Aren't Necessarily Bad for Groundbreaking Novel Cycles

By William C. Carter | February 7, 2019

In Praise of the Difficult: On Marianne Moore, Defiant Poet of Complexity

In Praise of the Difficult: On Marianne Moore, Defiant Poet of Complexity

Gabrielle Bellot: "I’m accustomed to difficulty."

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 5, 2019

Empathy Exams: On Fictionalizing Extremists

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One Writer’s Activism is Another Writer’s Terrorism

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Indigenous American Civilizations Are Far Older and More Complex Than History Suggests

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