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On Our Love-Hate Relationship with Punctuation

On Our Love-Hate Relationship with Punctuation

Why So Much Anger for the Semicolon?

By Stephen Spector | December 5, 2017

Samuel Delany:

Samuel Delany: "If You're Going to Write Anything, Try to Take it Seriously"

Part Two of Adam Fitzgerald's Conversation with the Legendary Writer

By Adam Fitzgerald | December 5, 2017

Don't Romanticize Science Fiction: An Interview with Samuel Delany

Don't Romanticize Science Fiction: An Interview with Samuel Delany

Part One of Adam Fitzgerald's Conversation with the Legendary Writer

By Adam Fitzgerald | December 4, 2017

The Other Invisibles of Ralph Ellison's <em>Invisible Man</em>

The Other Invisibles of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Gabrielle Bellot on the Othering of Caribbeans and Africans in America

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 1, 2017

The New Bad Girls of Contemporary Literature

The New Bad Girls of Contemporary Literature

How Myriam Gurba is Refreshing a Punk Confessional Tradition

By Ruby Brunton | December 1, 2017

As the World Ends, Has the Time for Grieving Arrived?

As the World Ends, Has the Time for Grieving Arrived?

Sue Sinclair on Poetry in the Age of a New Sadness

By Sue Sinclair | December 1, 2017

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Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

What, Exactly, Counts as Notable?

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James Salter: Why I Write

James Salter: Why I Write

An American Master on the Origins of His Craft

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5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Tacoma

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Tacoma

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The Dangerous Lure of Writing For White Readers in an MFA

The Dangerous Lure of Writing For White Readers in an MFA

Aisha Sabatini Sloan Wonders About the Work She Might Have Done...

By Aisha Sabatini Sloan | November 28, 2017

Anne of Green Gables: Patron Saint of Girls Who Ask Too Many Questions

Anne of Green Gables: Patron Saint of Girls Who Ask Too Many Questions

J. Courtney Sullivan in Praise of an Iconic Character

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