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The Moral Arc of N.K. Jemisin's Universe Bends Toward Apocalypse

The Moral Arc of N.K. Jemisin's Universe Bends Toward Apocalypse

Bringing a Radical Sensibility to a Conservative Genre

By Noah Berlatsky | August 11, 2016

Black Protest Writing, From W.E.B. DuBois to Kendrick Lamar

Black Protest Writing, From W.E.B. DuBois to Kendrick Lamar

Precious Rasheeda Muhammad on a Rich Tradition of Literary Resistance

By Precious Rasheeda Muhammad | August 10, 2016

Walking a Mile in Daniel Boone's Moccasins

Walking a Mile in Daniel Boone's Moccasins

How a Vegetarian Canadian Took On the Voice of an American Legend

By Alix Hawley | August 1, 2016

What <em>The Last Samurai</em> Reveals About American Literary Culture

What The Last Samurai Reveals About American Literary Culture

On Literary Provincialism and the Importance of Translation

By Christina Farella | July 29, 2016

Women Crime Writers Are Not a Fad

Women Crime Writers Are Not a Fad

And Megan Abbott is Here to Prove It

By Lisa Levy | July 29, 2016

What Should Fiction Do?

What Should Fiction Do?

Bonnie Nazdam on the Limits of Cinematic Storytelling

By Bonnie Nadzam | July 26, 2016

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By Clive James | July 25, 2016

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

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What If I'm Actually a Character in a Larry McMurtry Novel?

By Claudia Smith | July 20, 2016

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Matthew Cheney Remembers the Books That Helped Him Survive

By Matthew Cheney | July 20, 2016

On the Journals of Famous Writers

On the Journals of Famous Writers

Dustin Illingworth Eavesdrops on Flannery O'Connor, Susan Sontag, and More

By Dustin Illingworth | July 19, 2016

Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature

Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature

On the Ontology of a Stuffed Tiger and Finding the Whole World in a Comic

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 18, 2016

Why Do We Write About Orphans So Much?

Why Do We Write About Orphans So Much?

Examining an Eternal Literary Trope

By Liz Moore | July 18, 2016

Frivolity, Death, and Milena Busquets

Frivolity, Death, and Milena Busquets

The Author of This Too Shall Pass is Trying to Find the Light

By Marta Bausells | July 15, 2016

When Grief Becomes Surreal

When Grief Becomes Surreal

On the Reality-Bending Effects of Trauma in Literature

By Tobias Carroll | July 15, 2016

Building a Better Definition of Science Fiction

Building a Better Definition of Science Fiction

Ann and Jeff VanderMeer on the History and Future of the Genre

By Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer | July 14, 2016

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