Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

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Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on First Draft

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How To: On the Unlikely Political and Cultural Power of the DIY Manual

How To: On the Unlikely Political and Cultural Power of the DIY Manual

Bethany Kaylor Digs Into the History of Doing It Yourself

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Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Clayton Wickham Rereads The Drinker

By Clayton Wickham | May 3, 2021

Exploring My Disparate Cultures in Fiction Helped Me Better Understand Them Both

Exploring My Disparate Cultures in Fiction Helped Me Better Understand Them Both

Gian Sardar on the Distance Between Kurdistan and Rural Minnesota

By Gian Sardar | May 3, 2021

Elizabeth Ellen on Small Presses, Autofiction, and Reading the Uncomfortable

Elizabeth Ellen on Small Presses, Autofiction, and Reading the Uncomfortable

“I look for a gut punch. I look for unexpectedness.”

By Walker Caplan | May 3, 2021

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A Poetics of the Press: An Interview with Ugly Duckling Presse

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On Salman Rushdie’s Devotion to the Art of Fiction

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Adam Mansbach on the Difficulty of Writing an Honest Elegy About His Brother

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Jhumpa Lahiri on the Joy of Translation as Discovery

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Rachel Cusk on Writing Without Feeling Like a Writer

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In Conversation with Kjersti Skomsvold on How to Proceed

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Elizabeth McCracken on Savoring the Mystery of Writing

Elizabeth McCracken on Savoring the Mystery of Writing

“Some mysteries must be left alone.”

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The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

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Because It’s Gonna Be May

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Excavating the Life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Author of an American Classic

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Scott Berg and Alex Belth on the Timelessness of Jon Bradshaw’s Journalism

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In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

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What Creative Satisfaction Looks Like to Elissa Washuta

What Creative Satisfaction Looks Like to Elissa Washuta

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

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