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Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Martha Cooley on the Vajont Disaster, Julio Cortazar, and the Strange Power of Serendipity

By Martha Cooley | October 21, 2019

The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

From William Dalrymple's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Anarchy

By William Dalrymple | October 21, 2019

Chill Your Wine in John Steinbeck's Silver Bucket

Chill Your Wine in John Steinbeck's Silver Bucket

And Other Memorabilia from the Man's Estate

By Rebecca Rego Barry | October 21, 2019

Do Printed-Out Emails Count As Letters? (Yes)

Do Printed-Out Emails Count As Letters? (Yes)

Dheepa Maturi on the Value of Epistolary Correspondence,
in What Ever Form

By Dheepa R. Maturi | October 21, 2019

The Life and Times of McDermott and McGough, True Artists of Downtown NYC

The Life and Times of McDermott and McGough, True Artists of Downtown NYC

From Modern Calvary in the Catskills to Small Penis Paintings

By Peter McGough | October 21, 2019

On the Sexist Reception of Willa Cather's World War I Novel

On the Sexist Reception of Willa Cather's World War I Novel

From Hemingway to Mencken, No One Thought a Woman Could Write About Combat

By Rebecca Onion | October 21, 2019

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The Diplomatic Gambit That Opened Cuba Up to the World

By Victor Andres Triay | October 21, 2019

Petina Gappah on Human Nature, Good and Evil

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 21, 2019

From Burning Man to Industrial Rome, Gift-Giving as Ritualized, Collective Offering

By Lewis Hyde | October 21, 2019

Madeline Stevens: 'It's Okay to Take a Long Time to Write One Thing.'

Madeline Stevens: 'It's Okay to Take a Long Time to Write One Thing.'

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | October 21, 2019

Jessica Hagedorn on Writing Experimentally and Trusting the Imagination

Jessica Hagedorn on Writing Experimentally and Trusting the Imagination

In Conversation with Will Schwalbe on But That's Another Story

By But That's Another Story | October 21, 2019

Gary Janetti on Patti LuPone

Gary Janetti on Patti LuPone

The Star at the Edge of Dreams

By Gary Janetti | October 19, 2019

On J.M. Coetzee's <em>Age of Iron</em>: Perennially, Lamentably, Current

On J.M. Coetzee's Age of Iron: Perennially, Lamentably, Current

John Freeman Rereads a Contemporary Classic

By John Freeman | October 18, 2019

Can Democrats Keep Up With Republican-Controlled State Majorities?

Can Democrats Keep Up With Republican-Controlled State Majorities?

Meaghan Winter on the Importance of State Versus Federal Politics

By Meaghan Winter | October 18, 2019

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Mars van Grunsven Visits Galapagos, Then and Now

By Mars van Grunsven | October 18, 2019

Meme But Not Forgotten: RIP to the Glorious Animals of Our Digital Past

Meme But Not Forgotten: RIP to the Glorious Animals of Our Digital Past

From the Gabs the Dog to Cecil the Lion and More

By Kind Studio | October 18, 2019

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