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The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman's Poetry

The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman's Poetry

Mark Doty on Sexuality and 'Unspeakability' in Leaves of Grass

By Mark Doty | April 14, 2020

Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

"Separate and Secluded" We Pass Our Days

By Siri Hustvedt | April 13, 2020

Like Talking With a Friend: Intimacy in Lucia Berlin’s Peripatetic Narratives

Like Talking With a Friend: Intimacy in Lucia Berlin’s Peripatetic Narratives

Alexandra Chang on Learning from a Master

By Alexandra Chang | April 13, 2020

Kay Ryan on the Preposterous Beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Kay Ryan on the Preposterous Beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins

One Legendary Poet Analyzes Another

By Kay Ryan | April 13, 2020

The West in Pieces: On the Reimagined Grammar(s) of C. Pam Zhang

The West in Pieces: On the Reimagined Grammar(s) of C. Pam Zhang

Christian Kiefer on a Debut Novel That Rewrites the Hills of California

By Christian Kiefer | April 9, 2020

Writing From Within the Rosenberg Family Legacy

Writing From Within the Rosenberg Family Legacy

Ellen Meeropol on the Novel That Took Two Decades to Write

By Ellen Meeropol | April 9, 2020

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The Listening World: Neurodivergent Voices for a More-Than-Human World

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In a Quiet London Enclave, Five Iconic Women Writers Forged a Home

By Francesca Wade | April 8, 2020

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By Emily Temple | April 7, 2020

The Case for Teaching Depressing Books

The Case for Teaching Depressing Books

Sahar Mustafah on the Literature of Empathy and Action

By Sahar Mustafah | April 7, 2020

How Having a Writing Community Stimulates Creativity

How Having a Writing Community Stimulates Creativity

Mary Gannon and Kevin Larimer on Finding Your People

By Kevin Larimer and Mary Gannon | April 7, 2020

Finding Permission to Fail in<br> <em>A Confederacy of Dunces</em>

Finding Permission to Fail in
A Confederacy of Dunces

Mary Pauline Lowry on Its Grotesque Charms

By Mary Pauline Lowry | April 7, 2020

What Two Imaginary Cats Tell Us About Who We Are (and How We're Different)

What Two Imaginary Cats Tell Us About Who We Are (and How We're Different)

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on the Chaos of Feline Energy

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett | April 7, 2020

A Pandemic is Not a War (and Other Consequences of Male Inferiority)

A Pandemic is Not a War (and Other Consequences of Male Inferiority)

Nathaniel Popkin on the Sad and Stupid Men Who're Making Things Worse

By Nathaniel Popkin | April 6, 2020

This is How You Write a Collaborative Essay

This is How You Write a Collaborative Essay

Patrick Madden (and 5 Other Writers) Try an Experiment

By Patrick Madden | April 1, 2020

Breyten Breytenbach Asks What if Exile Itself Were a Home?

Breyten Breytenbach Asks What if Exile Itself Were a Home?

On the Uncitizens of the the Middle World

By Breyten Breytenbach | April 1, 2020

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