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The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain's Mind

The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain's Mind

How to Raise the Stakes Without Ruining the Mystery

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On The Poetry of Japanese Painting

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The Moral Arc of N.K. Jemisin's Universe Bends Toward Apocalypse

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Bringing a Radical Sensibility to a Conservative Genre

By Noah Berlatsky | August 11, 2016

Black Protest Writing, From W.E.B. DuBois to Kendrick Lamar

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