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In Praise of Atul Gawande’s Anti-Self Help Book,
Being Mortal

Substance If Not Style: On the Radical Similarities of Alice Munro and Pedro Almodóvar

Alison Bechdel on Transcendentalism, Bliss, and The Secret to Superhuman Strength

Kate Durbin on Finding Beauty in the Possessions That Possess Us

What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

A Writer From the Future: Who Was Sci Fi Iconoclast Izumi Suzuki?

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Hanif Abdurraqib on Censoring the Desires of Whiteness in Storytelling

Remembering Eric Jerome Dickey’s Grace, Talent, and Warmth

On the Power of Fiction: 8 Novels About Little-Known Historical Events

Deborah Lindsay Williams on Asking Better Questions About the Status Quo

On James Baldwin’s Unflinching Exposé of American Greed and Racial Terror

Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

Celia C. Peréz on Creating the Zines She Couldn’t Find in the 90s

Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us
Reclaim Joy

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

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