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Chaos Is My Co-Pilot: In Praise of Tumultuous, Unruly Storytelling

Chaos Is My Co-Pilot: In Praise of Tumultuous, Unruly Storytelling

Jen Fawkes on Discovering the Virtues of Volatility in Historical Fiction

By Jen Fawkes | July 26, 2024

Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)

Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)

Lauren Markham: “Becoming lost within my profession helped me find my way back again.”

By Lauren Markham | July 26, 2024

What Mary Renault’s <em>The Last of the Wine</em> Reveals About Athletes, Ancient and Modern

What Mary Renault’s The Last of the Wine Reveals About Athletes, Ancient and Modern

Justin Muchnick on His All-Time Favorite Novel of the Olympic Games

By Justin Muchnick | July 26, 2024

Phil Christman on the Poetics of Place

Phil Christman on the Poetics of Place

“I fear the obvious so much that my evasions of it have sometimes made me ridiculous.”

By Phil Christman | July 26, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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“There is no greater vindication of the suspicion that poor taste is a form of moral deficiency than the initial reception that greeted Hillbilly Elegy.”

By Book Marks | July 25, 2024

I’m Jealous of My Friend’s Writing Success: Am I the Literary Asshole?

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Poetry’s Mysterious Power: A Conversation With Dara Barrois/Dixon

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“Weapons of Health Destruction...” How Colonialism Created the Modern Native American Diet

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What the <em>Epic of Gilgamesh</em> Reveals About Sumerian Society

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Paul Cooper on Economic, Intellectual and Creative Development in the Ancient Near East

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On Writing—and Then Becoming—the “Other”

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