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Why the Video Game Scenes in Raven Leilani's <em>Luster</em> Are So Important

Why the Video Game Scenes in Raven Leilani's Luster Are So Important

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

By Reading Women | November 20, 2020

Bill T. Jones on the Uneasy Liaison Between Storytellers and Listeners

Bill T. Jones on the Uneasy Liaison Between Storytellers and Listeners

From the Renowned Choreographer's Lecture at the Brooklyn Public Library

By Bill T. Jones | November 20, 2020

Ayad Akhtar and Cathy Park Hong: Is the Personal <br>Always Political?

Ayad Akhtar and Cathy Park Hong: Is the Personal
Always Political?

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Francine Prose and Doon Arbus Talk Museums, Revision, and the Objects That Give Our Lives Meaning

Francine Prose and Doon Arbus Talk Museums, Revision, and the Objects That Give Our Lives Meaning

A Conversation with the Author of The Caretaker

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David Rieff on Anguish and Suffering in Susan Taubes's <em>Divorcing</em>

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"She was far more than the doomed artist."

By David Rieff | November 20, 2020

What Sets Prose Poetry Apart from the Lyric?

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Government Security Clearance Isn't Always Great for<br> a Writing Career

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Fifteen months, I waited."">"I submitted my work and waited. And waited.
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The Limitless Future of Queer Fiction

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