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Maxim Loskutoff on the Unabomber and the Myth of the American West

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How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

Adam Smyth on Nancy Cunard, the Woman Who First Discovered the Future Nobel Laureate

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Generation Franchise: <br>Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

Generation Franchise:
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Jess Row on the Ubiquity of the Digital Persona, From Child Stars to Disney Adults

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Helen Fielding on <em>Bridget Jones</em> and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

Helen Fielding on Bridget Jones and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

Considering the Place of the Confessional Narrative in the Literary Landscape on the Book's 25th Anniversary

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Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Alana Saab on Sharing a Mental Breakdown With Your Protagonist

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Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

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Carina del Valle Schorske on Putting Rhythms into Prose

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In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

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Why We All Should Have a “Good Art Friend”

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Rachel Zimmerman on an Invaluable Literary Friendship Cut Short By Cancer

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75 Years of <em>1984</em>: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

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The Literary Power of Hobbits: How JRR Tolkien Shaped Modern Fantasy

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Brief Encounters: On Claire Messud’s Melodramas

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