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Basking in Shirley Hazzard's Pure, Cold Light

Basking in Shirley Hazzard's Pure, Cold Light

Mary Duffy Remembers the Shimmering Crispness of Hazzard's Prose

By Mary Duffy | December 15, 2016

In Praise of Zadie Smith's London

In Praise of Zadie Smith's London

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How Nostalgia Corrupts Politics and Pop Culture

How Nostalgia Corrupts Politics and Pop Culture

On Donald Trump, Stranger Things, and Longing for an Imaginary Past

By Sean Bernard | December 13, 2016

William Gaddis Occupies Wall Street, Channels a Tween Trump

William Gaddis Occupies Wall Street, Channels a Tween Trump

Yet Another Great 20th-Century Writer Predicts the Rise of Donald Trump

By John Domini | December 12, 2016

What Counts As Transgender Literature?

What Counts As Transgender Literature?

On the Writing(s) of Kai Cheng Thom, and the Elusiveness of Categories

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 9, 2016

The Time Mario Puzo Wrote a Takedown of <em>The Paris Review</em>

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