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The Creepy Dissonance of Reading <em>Trick Mirror</em> in a 'Self-Care' Book Club

The Creepy Dissonance of Reading Trick Mirror in a 'Self-Care' Book Club

Ruth Madievsky: Snacks! Facials! Corporate Feminism?

By Ruth Madievsky | October 31, 2019

American Gothic: The Woman Who Escaped the Asylum

American Gothic: The Woman Who Escaped the Asylum

On the 19th-Century Invention of the Madwoman

By Troy Rondinone | October 31, 2019

The Day of the Dead: Day of Masquerade and Rebellion

The Day of the Dead: Day of Masquerade and Rebellion

"The mood is festive with a subtext of anarchy.

By Paul Theroux | October 31, 2019

Eclipsed by the Racial Shadow of Shakespeare’s <em>Othello</em>

Eclipsed by the Racial Shadow of Shakespeare’s Othello

Aatif Rashid on Edward Said, Ayad Akhtar, and
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By Aatif Rashid | October 30, 2019

The Complexities of Talking About Race When Trapped Within Its Confines

The Complexities of Talking About Race When Trapped Within Its Confines

Thomas Chatterton Williams Embraces His Doubt

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | October 30, 2019

Andrea Long Chu on Desire, Weak Love, and Modern Trans Identity

Andrea Long Chu on Desire, Weak Love, and Modern Trans Identity

The Author of Females: A Concern, in Conversation with Eric Newman

By Eric Newman | October 29, 2019

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The Impassable Divides of the Prison Visiting Room

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What Would a World With Less Work Look Like?

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Howard Zinn: How FDR Forestalled a Second American Revolution

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On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a<br> Post-Truth Age

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Unsubstantiated: An Essay of Sexual Violence

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Susan Straight on What It Really Means to Believe Women

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Libraries Are Even More Important to Contemporary Community Than We Thought

Libraries Are Even More Important to Contemporary Community Than We Thought

And They Should Be Funded Accordingly

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Exploring the Forgotten Writerly Playground of the European Aristocracy

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