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Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

On history, heritage, and whitewashing

By Anita Huslin | March 7, 2016

The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

74,000 words of raucous, handwritten amorality

By Devoney Looser | March 4, 2016

102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism

102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism

A Highly Subjective and Idiosyncratic List Created Upon Moving House

By Jonathan Russell Clark | March 4, 2016

Do Artists Still Find Inspiration in Literature?

Do Artists Still Find Inspiration in Literature?

Asking the Question at the Opening Night of the Volta Art Fair

By Catherine Talese | March 4, 2016

The Diminishing Returns of Freelance Magazine Writing

The Diminishing Returns of Freelance Magazine Writing

Kent Russell on "Beautifying Your Own Corpse"

By Kent Russell | March 3, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: Embrace the Middlebrow

The Grumpy Librarian: Embrace the Middlebrow

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Designing the cover for Steven Millhauser's Voices in the Night

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Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

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John Gimlette on Doing the Not Very Sensible Thing

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Speaking Your Truth: An Interview with Joyce Maynard

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On Aging, Gratitude, and her new novel, Under the Influence

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