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The Magical Mundane: Work, Technology and Consumerism in the World of <em>Harry Potter</em>

The Magical Mundane: Work, Technology and Consumerism in the World of Harry Potter

Keridiana Chez Explores the Role of Magic as Instant Gratification and Automation in the Potter-Verse

By Keridiana Chez | June 26, 2025

For Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, There Must Be Poetry in a Time of Genocide

For Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, There Must Be Poetry in a Time of Genocide

Cindy Juyoung Ok Talks to the National Book Award-Winning Author of “Something About Living”

By Cindy Juyoung Ok | June 26, 2025

Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Nicola Wilson on the Book Society, Hugh Walpole, and Lynd’s Overshadowed Author Career

By Nicola Wilson | June 26, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A great, galloping read, pointed and provocative; the kind of book you might call a good bad time.”

By Book Marks | June 26, 2025

Ernesto Londoño on the Personal Cost of Minnesota’s Political Killings

Ernesto Londoño on the Personal Cost of Minnesota’s Political Killings

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By Aron Solomon | June 24, 2025

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By Pamela Newton | June 24, 2025

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Hal Ebbott on Writing a Novel of Male Friendship

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Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

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The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

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Klara Feenstra Considers the Legacy of “The Gastronomical Me”

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Diana Arterian on Agrippina the Younger, Writing Historical Women, and Poetry as Liberty

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