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On the Invisibility of Middle-Aged Women

On the Invisibility of Middle-Aged Women

Dorthe Nors Writes Characters on the Verge of Disappearance

By Dorthe Nors | June 22, 2016

Svetlana Alexievich's History of Human Feelings

Svetlana Alexievich's History of Human Feelings

The Nobel Laureate on Creating a New Genre

By Bethanne Patrick | June 22, 2016

Dead Dogs Are More Than Metaphors

Dead Dogs Are More Than Metaphors

On the Burden of Killing an Animal and the Stories That Take it For Granted

By Laura Lampton Scott | June 21, 2016

American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis

American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis

In Praise of a Great American Crime Writer

By Lisa Levy | June 17, 2016

The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature's Great Mysteries

The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature's Great Mysteries

Investigating One of Ulysses' Shady Characters

By Tyler Malone | June 16, 2016

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)

On the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Jorge Luis Borges

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 14, 2016

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Finding Poems in My Own Labyrinth

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The Literary Genius of Kendrick Lamar

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To Break the Story, You Must Break the Status Quo

To Break the Story, You Must Break the Status Quo

Rebecca Solnit on Why Journalists Need to Cause Trouble

By Rebecca Solnit | May 26, 2016

Where Trans Bodies and Straight Fragility Meet

Where Trans Bodies and Straight Fragility Meet

On Public Bathrooms, Anti-Trans Policies, and What Belongs to You

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Donald Trump Has Set Fire to America

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On William Faulkner, White Trash, and 400 Years of Class War

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Nikki Giovanni on Race, Hope, Fatherhood, and <em>Roots</em>

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On the 40th Anniversary of Alex Haley's Classic

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We Need More First-Hand Books About Urban Poverty

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Lisa Levy on Dreamland, Evicted, and The Cook Up

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