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Chet’la Sebree on How Chronic Illness Forever Altered Her Literary Life

Chet’la Sebree on How Chronic Illness Forever Altered Her Literary Life

“In remodeling my writing practice, I also remodeled who I was, who I could be, as a writer.”

By Chet’la Sebree | May 15, 2026

Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations

Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations

Maris Kreizman on Wuthering Heights, Scarpetta, Vladimir, and an Epidemic of Beautiful People in the Wrong Roles

By Maris Kreizman | May 14, 2026

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

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By Daegan Miller | May 14, 2026

To Tell A Story: On Blending Family History and Lived Experience in Nonfiction

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By Tamiko Nimura | May 14, 2026

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A New Language: On Primo Levi’s Translation of Kafka

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“The hazy, contradictory landscape of Goodman’s life was the truth of her existence.”

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By Geoffrey D. Morrison | May 12, 2026

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