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Harper Lee and the Myth of a Post-Racial America

Harper Lee and the Myth of a Post-Racial America

On the Complicated Legacy of a Beloved Writer

By Kate Jenkins | February 23, 2016

Petina Gappah on Zimbabwe, Language, and

Petina Gappah on Zimbabwe, Language, and "Afropolitans"

An Interview with the author of The Book of Memory

By Julie Phillips | February 22, 2016

Interview with a Gatekeeper: Copper Canyon’s Michael Wiegers

Interview with a Gatekeeper: Copper Canyon’s Michael Wiegers

In Which the Subject Objects to the Term “Gatekeeper”

By Kerri Arsenault | February 19, 2016

The Fine Grim Line Between Love and Stalking

The Fine Grim Line Between Love and Stalking

Lisa Levy On the Crime Fiction of Caroline Kepnes

By Lisa Levy | February 17, 2016

When Art Cannot Console Us in Death

When Art Cannot Console Us in Death

Emily Harnett on the Hard Art of the Death Memoir

By Emily Harnett | February 17, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Carmela Ciuraru on Colm Tóibín’s <em>On Elizabeth Bishop</em>

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Or What To Do When a Novel Just Like Yours Comes Out First

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A. O. Scott Asks Himself: What is Criticism?

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How to Write What You <em>Don't</em> Know

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Amy Gustine on the Deep Research Behind Good Fiction

By Amy Gustine | February 10, 2016

Librarian Confidential: Polli Kenn

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Idra Novey on Violence, Humor, and American Naiveté

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Francisco Goldman in conversation with the author of Ways to Disappear

By Francisco Goldman | February 10, 2016

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