On the Very Contemporary Art of Flash Fiction

On the Very Contemporary Art of Flash Fiction

"To Be Brief Takes Time"

By John Dufresne | February 13, 2018

Every Publication is a Kind of Death

Every Publication is a Kind of Death

Patrick Nathan on the Beautiful Morbidity of Language

By Patrick Nathan | February 12, 2018

The Literature of Ezili, Vodou Spirit Force of Queer Black Womanhood

The Literature of Ezili, Vodou Spirit Force of Queer Black Womanhood

Why Do Artists Return Again and Again to Ezili?

By Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley | February 9, 2018

Dystopia For Sale: How a Commercialized Genre Lost its Teeth

Dystopia For Sale: How a Commercialized Genre Lost its Teeth

Overdosing on Stories of Futility Might Be Bad for Us

By Brady Gerber | February 8, 2018

Will Self: In Praise of Difficult Novels

Will Self: In Praise of Difficult Novels

Modernism is Still the Best Way to Reflect Our World Back to Us

By Will Self | February 7, 2018

'Twitter Feminists' to Katie Roiphe: This Essay is Not Very Good

'Twitter Feminists' to Katie Roiphe: This Essay is Not Very Good

Also "staggeringly boring," "dishonest," and "misdirected"

By Emily Temple | February 5, 2018

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The Hunter and His Gun: An American Myth That Just Won't Die

The Hunter and His Gun: An American Myth That Just Won't Die

How Daniel Boone and Last of the Mohicans Built a Colonialist Origin Story

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Same As It Ever Was: <em>Orientalism</em> Forty Years Later

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On Edward Said, Othering, and the Depictions of Arabs in America

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Bad Faith Backlash: Arguing Online With Everyone and No One

Bad Faith Backlash: Arguing Online With Everyone and No One

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In California, Visions of Defiance and Grace

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Finding Political Inspiration in the Unlikeliest of Places: The Opera

By Veronica Esposito | January 22, 2018

How to Read Caves

How to Read Caves

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The Literature of Bad Sex

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