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The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

How Much Has Changed—And Not Changed—Since the First Rape Trial in American History

Jess Walter on Writing About Hope (Without Losing His Literary Cool)

How the Story of a 2006 Murder Captures the Tragic Complexity of Inequality, Class, and Violence in 21st-Century America

How Augmented Technology Can Revolutionize the 21st-Century Factory and Make Work More Productive and Meaningful

“Eclectic, Refreshingly Wild, and Important.” Exploring the Archives of America’s Best Literary Journals

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Zoology and Cartoons: Will McPhail on Drawing Funny Animals

Telling Stories of the Trans Experience is More Important Than Ever

A Million Voices: In the Praise of the Polyvocal Novel

George Saunders: Why the Revision Process is Critical for Building Fictional Worlds

Realigners: The Visionaries and Hacks Who Have Radically Transformed American Democracy

After Surveillance: Imagining a Post-Apocalyptic World in Which We Aren’t Watched Anymore

How Quitting is the Essential First Step to a Life of Freedom—and Radical Change

Is There a Problem of Democracy in the Middle East? Or Is the Problem With an American Misunderstanding of “Democracy”?

Is Affirmative Action Fair? Thinking About College in Terms of the Public Good

George Saunders on Reading Chaotically and the Power of Generous Teachers

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