On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

The Making of an Iconic Essayist

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Poet of the Disappeared: On the Writing of Raúl Zurita

Poet of the Disappeared: On the Writing of Raúl Zurita

"There is power and agency in staying in a dangerous place when one has the choice to leave."

By Norma Cole | December 7, 2018

Of Willa Cather's Lasting Love For the Frontier

Of Willa Cather's Lasting Love For the Frontier

"I Do Think My Heart Never Got Across the Missouri River.”

By Catherine Pond | December 7, 2018

Introducing the New Editor of <em>The Yale Review</em>: Meghan O'Rourke

Introducing the New Editor of The Yale Review: Meghan O'Rourke

"I feel a kind of obsessive concern for both reader and writer."

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2018

Meet the Man Who Introduced Jacques Derrida to America

Meet the Man Who Introduced Jacques Derrida to America

On the Remarkable Legacy of Richard Macksey

By Kate Dwyer | December 6, 2018

10 Bookish Questions for the Great Nuruddin Farah

10 Bookish Questions for the Great Nuruddin Farah

The Perennial Nobel Prize Short-Lister Talks About the Books in His Life

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An Interview with Gaël Faye: Hip Hop Star Turned Novelist

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"Poetry is part of the mechanics of living."

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A Close-Reading of <em>The Talented Mr. Ripley</em> as Coming of Age Story

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