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How the American Civil War Gave Walt Whitman a Call to Action

How the American Civil War Gave Walt Whitman a Call to Action

Mark Edmundson on the Great American Poet as Defender of Democracy

By Mark Edmundson | April 16, 2021

How Black Queer Readers and Writers Nourish the Future

How Black Queer Readers and Writers Nourish the Future

Alexis Pauline Gumbs on the Power of Ancestral Connections

By Alexis Pauline Gumbs | April 16, 2021

The Challenge of Editing a <br>Beat Legend

The Challenge of Editing a
Beat Legend

Garrett Caples on Working with Michael McClure

By Garrett Caples | April 16, 2021

On Translating the Musicality of Sentences From One Language to Another

On Translating the Musicality of Sentences From One Language to Another

Julia Sanches Considers the Poetry of Eva Baltasar’s Prose

By Julia Sanches | April 16, 2021

6 Latin American Novels That Changed How We Think<br> of Fiction

6 Latin American Novels That Changed How We Think
of Fiction

Bruno Lloret Recommends Books Juan Rulfo, Jose Donoso, and More

By Bruno Lloret and Ellen Jones | April 15, 2021

On the Watery Language of <em>Finnegans Wake</em>

On the Watery Language of Finnegans Wake

This Week on Finnegan and Friends, a Podcast About the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

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How Ashley Bryan’s 40-Year Secret Inspired the Category-Defying Infinite Hope

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On the Literature of Rewilding… and the Need to Rewild Literature

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Jonathan Lethem on the Rich Lives of Jaime Clarke’s Minor Literary Characters

Jonathan Lethem on the Rich Lives of Jaime Clarke’s Minor Literary Characters

“He has done more, even, than Vonnegut in setting
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By Jonathan Lethem | April 14, 2021

Bolu Babalola on Love as a Guiding Force That Illuminates Our Humanity

Bolu Babalola on Love as a Guiding Force That Illuminates Our Humanity

“I love romance very much. It's like the genre picked me.”

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Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

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On Domestic Labor and Freedom in <em>Excellent Women</em>

On Domestic Labor and Freedom in Excellent Women

V.V. Ganeshananthan Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
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17 new books to find at your local library.

17 new books to find at your local library.

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Five Ways to Read Henry James

Five Ways to Read Henry James

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