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Everyone Can Be a Book Reviewer. Should They Be?

Everyone Can Be a Book Reviewer. Should They Be?

Phillipa Chong Surveys Professional Book Critics

By Phillipa K. Chong | January 23, 2020

Wole Soyinka on Yoruba Weddings, Nigerian Movies, and Making Traditions New

Wole Soyinka on Yoruba Weddings, Nigerian Movies, and Making Traditions New

The Danger of Naming Art Before It Has Been Made

By Wole Soyinka | January 23, 2020

In Search of Los Angeles Magic: Retracing Weetzie Bat's Steps with Francesca Lia Block

In Search of Los Angeles Magic: Retracing Weetzie Bat's Steps with Francesca Lia Block

Cynthia Drake Spends the Day in the World of a YA Cult Classic

By Cynthia Drake | January 22, 2020

Battling the False Narratives Around Australia's Devastating Bushfires

Battling the False Narratives Around Australia's Devastating Bushfires

Jennifer Mills on the Writer's Responsibility

By Jennifer Mills | January 22, 2020

Rediscovering the Lost Power<br> of Reading Aloud

Rediscovering the Lost Power
of Reading Aloud

Meghan Cox Gurdon Traces the History of Oral Storytelling

By Meghan Cox Gurdon | January 22, 2020

Isaac Bashevis Singer on the Particular Wonders of Writing<br> in Yiddish

Isaac Bashevis Singer on the Particular Wonders of Writing
in Yiddish

An Iconic American Writer on an Oft-Misunderstood Language

By Isaac Bashevis Singer | January 22, 2020

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On Families and Survivors: "I know it will be hard for you to read."

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On Contemporary Minimalism's Maximal Lies

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The Enigma of Delmore Schwartz, the Luminous Poet Who Fell From Grace

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K Chess: Imagining a Radically Different 20th Century That Might Have Been

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