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What Counts As Standard? On Black English and Black American Sign Language

What Counts As Standard? On Black English and Black American Sign Language

Linguist John McWhorter in Conversation with Novelist and Playwright Kia Corthron

By Literary Hub | May 30, 2017

Words Can Erase and Distort: An Interview with Madeleine Thien

Words Can Erase and Distort: An Interview with Madeleine Thien

When language is in conflict with the very things we need it for

By David Chariandy | May 26, 2017

All Writing is a Kind of Realism

All Writing is a Kind of Realism

In Conversation with Rodrigo Fresán, author of The Invented Part

By Literary Hub | May 26, 2017

Vera Pavlova Writes Poems to Be Read By the Light of a Single Match

Vera Pavlova Writes Poems to Be Read By the Light of a Single Match

Poets on Their Craft and Writing Lives

By Peter Mishler | May 24, 2017

Edan Lepucki on Dick Pics, California, and Motherhood

Edan Lepucki on Dick Pics, California, and Motherhood

The Author of Woman No. 17, in Conversation with Bethanne Patrick

By Bethanne Patrick | May 22, 2017

7 Questions for Ian Buruma, New Editor of <em>the New York Review of Books</em>

7 Questions for Ian Buruma, New Editor of the New York Review of Books

"Go somewhere, physically or mentally, where others have not been"

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2017

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Talking to I Love Dick Co-Creator Sarah Gubbins

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About Suffering, Robert Lowell Was Never Wrong

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Julie Buntin on the Joys and Tragedies of Teenage Girlhood

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Archival video from Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson

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Poet Alan Felsenthal Brings the Light With Him

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The Lowly Author on Joy, Regret, and Ghosts

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Richard Ford’s Uncanny Memories of His Parents in Love

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Patricia Lockwood & Mallory Ortberg on Religion,

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Stephanie Powell Watts on Writing Hard Times in Small Towns

Stephanie Powell Watts on Writing Hard Times in Small Towns

The Author of No One is Coming to Save Us in Conversation with Bethanne Patrick

By Bethanne Patrick | May 9, 2017

Édouard Louis on Class, Violence, and Literature as a Space of Resistance

Édouard Louis on Class, Violence, and Literature as a Space of Resistance

"When violence is part of your daily rhythm, you end up believing it’s normal"

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"Confessional Writing" Is a Tired Line of Sexist Horseshit, And Other Insights

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