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Joshua Bennett on the Use of Animals in the Work of Black Writers

Joshua Bennett on the Use of Animals in the Work of Black Writers

Of Subjugation and Ownership

By Joshua Bennett | July 13, 2020

On Being a Young Reader Attracted to the Darkest<br> Possible Stories

On Being a Young Reader Attracted to the Darkest
Possible Stories

Estelle Laure's Search For Challenges to Her Comfort

By Estelle Laure | July 13, 2020

Philosophies of Distance and Proximity: Who Are We When We're Alone?

Philosophies of Distance and Proximity: Who Are We When We're Alone?

Corina Stan on Orwell, Murdoch, Canetti and Experiments in Isolation

By Corina Stan | July 9, 2020

'Have You Considered Socialism?' Or, The Politics of Fictional Characters

'Have You Considered Socialism?' Or, The Politics of Fictional Characters

Andrew Martin on Short Stories in the Age of Shorter News Cycles

By Andrew Martin | July 8, 2020

On Louise Erdrich, and Salvaging Wisdom From Absurdity and Injustice

On Louise Erdrich, and Salvaging Wisdom From Absurdity and Injustice

James Lenfestey on an Icon of the Native American
Literary Renaissance

By James P. Lenfestey | July 6, 2020

Even Seamus Heaney <br>Made Mistakes

Even Seamus Heaney
Made Mistakes

On Poetry, Wordsworth, and Misremembering

By Erica McAlpine | July 6, 2020

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Claire G. Coleman on What Dorothy Porter's Writing Means to Her

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Remembering Bo Huston, Who Bore Witness to the Peak of the AIDS Crisis

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On <em>Orlando</em>, and Virginia Woolf's Defiance of Time

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Mrs. Meredith Finally Gets Her Due

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Encountering Hervé Guibert's Anti-Utopian Men

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Jeffrey Zuckerman on Translating the Author's Visceral Autofictions

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Jamal Mahjoub Remembers the Young Writer, Gone Too Soon

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Delight is Essential: On Reading Ross Gay in Terrible Times

Delight is Essential: On Reading Ross Gay in Terrible Times

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An Ode to <em>Valley of the Dolls</em>, Irresistible Train Wreck

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