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Virginia Woolf: There Are Way Too Many Personal Essays Out There

Virginia Woolf: There Are Way Too Many Personal Essays Out There

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By Lorraine Berry | May 24, 2017

In a 12th-Century Iranian Poem, a Vision of Solidarity We Need Today

In a 12th-Century Iranian Poem, a Vision of Solidarity We Need Today

What We Can Learn from The Conference of the Birds

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On the Expansive Reading and Insights of Tony Judt

By Veronica Esposito | May 23, 2017

The Wisdom of Sendak: Children Are Wild, Honest, Immoral Beings

The Wisdom of Sendak: Children Are Wild, Honest, Immoral Beings

On the Weird Kingdoms and Kinship of Maurice Sendak and Ralph Eugene Meatyard

By Buzz Poole | May 22, 2017

Americans in Search of Utopia

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19th-Century Experiments in Perfection

By Betsy Hartmann | May 22, 2017

Why We <em>Do</em> Need Another Adaptation of <em>Little Women</em>

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