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How to Make a Unicorn and Other Lost Facts of Animalkind

How to Make a Unicorn and Other Lost Facts of Animalkind

Elena Passarello on Famous Animals, from Koko the Gorilla to the 'Endlings'

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Why His Legacy Deserves a Reevaluation, Beyond It Can't Happen Here

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Translation as Activism: An Interview with Philip Boehm

Translation as Activism: An Interview with Philip Boehm

Herta Muller’s translator on imagination as the key to empathy

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The Adolescent Charm of Bad Celebrity Poetry

The Adolescent Charm of Bad Celebrity Poetry

Why Being Famous is Like Being a Teen Forever

By Philippa Snow | March 6, 2017

In Praise of Bossy Big Sisters

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On the Lesser-Loved Counterparts of our Favorite Young Protagonists

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