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Frivolity, Death, and Milena Busquets

Frivolity, Death, and Milena Busquets

The Author of This Too Shall Pass is Trying to Find the Light

By Marta Bausells | July 15, 2016

When Grief Becomes Surreal

When Grief Becomes Surreal

On the Reality-Bending Effects of Trauma in Literature

By Tobias Carroll | July 15, 2016

Building a Better Definition of Science Fiction

Building a Better Definition of Science Fiction

Ann and Jeff VanderMeer on the History and Future of the Genre

By Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer | July 14, 2016

I Found a Rare Copy of June Allison Gibbons' Outsider Novel

I Found a Rare Copy of June Allison Gibbons' Outsider Novel

On the Unusual Case of the Infamous "Silent Twins" and Their Literary Aspirations

By Kelsey Osgood | July 13, 2016

Poetry is the Place for Joy: Or How We Praise the Mutilated World

Poetry is the Place for Joy: Or How We Praise the Mutilated World

On Ross Gay, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Alan Shapiro, and Paisley Rekdal

By Jonathan Farmer | July 13, 2016

How the French Reread Proust

How the French Reread Proust

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Modern China is So Crazy It Needs a New Literary Genre

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