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

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

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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

Tressie McMillan Cottom: Why Black People Are the Most Future People She Knows

The End of the Beautiful Game? How the Analytics Revolution Is Changing Soccer

Why We Should Reach Out When We’re Lonely—Even If No One Answers

Considering Philip Pullman in Relation to Milton and C.S. Lewis

How to Pick an American President? Making the Most Consequential Decision in the World

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