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EXCLUSIVE: Watch David Strathairn and Abraham Verghese Discuss Walt Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser”

EXCLUSIVE: Watch David Strathairn and Abraham Verghese Discuss Walt Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser”

From Season 3 of Poetry in America

By The Virtual Book Channel | January 21, 2022

“The Uterus and the American Dream.” Art-Making and Domestic Labor in <em>Bergman Island</em>

“The Uterus and the American Dream.” Art-Making and Domestic Labor in Bergman Island

Mira Ptacin on Mia Hansen-Løve’s New Film

By Mira Ptacin | January 21, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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By Book Marks | January 21, 2022

Bernardine Evaristo on the Richness of Older Women’s Stories

Bernardine Evaristo on the Richness of Older Women’s Stories

“As ageing is inevitable, I had to start to embrace it.”

By Bernardine Evaristo | January 21, 2022

5 Books You May Have Missed in December

5 Books You May Have Missed in December

From Japanese Noir to Speculative Cli-Fi and More

By Bethanne Patrick | January 21, 2022

Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

And How “Public Indifference” Reinforces the Status Quo

By Zora Neale Hurston | January 20, 2022

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Feeling Seen in Sort Of: On Queer Feelings and the Company of Others

By Aanchal Saraf | January 20, 2022

Teaching Literature Means Teaching Empathy

By Arnold Weinstein | January 20, 2022

Uli Beutter Cohen on Exploring the Literary Landscape of New York City’s Underground

By Book Dreams | January 20, 2022

Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 20, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

On New Books by Zora Neale Hurston, Jahn Darnielle, Bernardine Evaristo, and More

By Book Marks | January 20, 2022

WATCH: Colette Brooks and Jennifer Egan on Collective Memory

WATCH: Colette Brooks and Jennifer Egan on Collective Memory

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My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

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By Susan DeFreitas | January 19, 2022

The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s <em>Carol</em>

The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s Carol

A Classic Review of Highsmith’s Groundbreaking Lesbian Romance Originally Published as The Price of Salt in 1952

By Book Marks | January 19, 2022

Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

“Baldwin loved her caustic wit.”

By Charles J. Shields | January 19, 2022

The Blurry Boundaries of Sibling Intimacy: A Reading List

The Blurry Boundaries of Sibling Intimacy: A Reading List

Sara Freeman on Dorothy Baker, Ian McEwan, Daisy Johnson, and More

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