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On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

A Close Reading of Christie's 80th book, Passenger to Frankfurt, by Slavoj Žižek

By Slavoj Žižek | September 9, 2019

Monique Truong Has Always Admired Jo from <em>Little Women</em>

Monique Truong Has Always Admired Jo from Little Women

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

By But That's Another Story | September 9, 2019

The Editor of <em>Modern Love</em> on the Books That Taught Him About Love

The Editor of Modern Love on the Books That Taught Him About Love

From Brain Chemistry, to Sexual Impulses, to Tearjerkers

By Daniel Jones | September 6, 2019

The Writer Who Rejected the Black Literary Bourgeoisie

The Writer Who Rejected the Black Literary Bourgeoisie

On Charles S. Wright's 1960s Novels of Societal Rejects

By Ishmael Reed | September 6, 2019

Why 'Wichita Lineman' Contains the Greatest Musical Couplet Ever Written

Why 'Wichita Lineman' Contains the Greatest Musical Couplet Ever Written

Dylan Jones on Jimmy Webb's Enduring Masterpiece

By Dylan Jones | September 6, 2019

What Not to Expect From a Grad School Workshop

What Not to Expect From a Grad School Workshop

Lynn Steger Stronger is Not Giving Out Business Advice

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A Good Conversation is Like a (Good) Game of Tennis

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Edwidge Danticat on Life's Small Epiphanies

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A Newly Translated Story by Etgar Keret

A Newly Translated Story by Etgar Keret

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Announcing the Winner of Restless Books 2019 New Immigrant Writing Prize

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<em>Literary Disco</em> Discusses the Writing of Carmen Maria Machado

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Julia Pistell, Rider Strong, and Tod Goldberg on Her Body and Other Parties

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Who Has Time to Read? And Where? And on What?

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On Being Mistaken for the Other Elizabeth Ames

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