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The Real Heroes: <br>On HIV/AIDS Activists in 1980s Chicago

The Real Heroes:
On HIV/AIDS Activists in 1980s Chicago

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank in Conversation with Her Mom, Deborah, and the Novelist Rebecca Makkai

By Hannah Steinkopf-Frank | August 16, 2019

Plunging Into the 1970s' Altered States of Awareness

Plunging Into the 1970s' Altered States of Awareness

Buzz Poole on Erik Davis’s High Weirdness

By Buzz Poole | August 16, 2019

Thank God for the Sex I Found in My Mother's Romance Novels

Thank God for the Sex I Found in My Mother's Romance Novels

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By Isabelle Davis | August 15, 2019

Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

Some of Europe's Most Enduring, Complex Literary Works

By Roy Jacobsen | August 14, 2019

We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers

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The Surreal, Virtual Worlds of Palestinian Science Fiction

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Romanticizing Mount Everest Misses the Real Story

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