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Dead Dogs Are More Than Metaphors

Dead Dogs Are More Than Metaphors

On the Burden of Killing an Animal and the Stories That Take it For Granted

By Laura Lampton Scott | June 21, 2016

American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis

American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis

In Praise of a Great American Crime Writer

By Lisa Levy | June 17, 2016

The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature's Great Mysteries

The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature's Great Mysteries

Investigating One of Ulysses' Shady Characters

By Tyler Malone | June 16, 2016

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

On the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Jorge Luis Borges

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 14, 2016

How Hemingway's Bad Behavior Inspired a Generation

How Hemingway's Bad Behavior Inspired a Generation

"Hard-drinking, hard-fighting, hard-loving — all for art’s sake."

By Lesley M. M. Blume | June 7, 2016

Actually, Criticism <em>Is</em> Literature

Actually, Criticism Is Literature

Writing About the Art of Writing is an Art Unto Itself

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 2, 2016

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Finding Poems in My Own Labyrinth

By Emily Carr | May 31, 2016

The Literary Genius of Kendrick Lamar

By Mensah Demary | May 27, 2016

To Break the Story, You Must Break the Status Quo

By Rebecca Solnit | May 26, 2016

Where Trans Bodies and Straight Fragility Meet

Where Trans Bodies and Straight Fragility Meet

On Public Bathrooms, Anti-Trans Policies, and What Belongs to You

By Joseph Osmundson | May 26, 2016

Actually, All Writers Steal

Actually, All Writers Steal

On the Theft of Myriad Details (Cigarette Brands, Orgies, Feelings About Boyz II Men)

By Rufi Thorpe | May 24, 2016

Donald Trump Has Set Fire to America

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On William Faulkner, White Trash, and 400 Years of Class War

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Nikki Giovanni on Race, Hope, Fatherhood, and <em>Roots</em>

Nikki Giovanni on Race, Hope, Fatherhood, and Roots

On the 40th Anniversary of Alex Haley's Classic

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We Need More First-Hand Books About Urban Poverty

We Need More First-Hand Books About Urban Poverty

Lisa Levy on Dreamland, Evicted, and The Cook Up

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What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?

What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?

Robin Wasserman on the Unstoppable Wave of "Girl"-Titled Books

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How Writers Will Steal Your Life and Use it For Fiction

How Writers Will Steal Your Life and Use it For Fiction

A Brief History of Plagiarizing Identity, From Leo Tolstoy to Salman Rushdie

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