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In Praise of the High School English Teacher

In Praise of the High School English Teacher

Introducing a New Column by Nick Ripatrazone

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 27, 2019

What Germany Can (and Can't) Teach America About Reparations and Evil

What Germany Can (and Can't) Teach America About Reparations and Evil

Susan Neiman on Lessons of History We Still Haven't Learned

By Susan Neiman | August 27, 2019

Talking About the Pain and Anxiety of Menstruation

Talking About the Pain and Anxiety of Menstruation

"I had known pain before, of course. But this was different."

By Eleanor Morgan | August 27, 2019

Benjamin Dreyer on His Next Project, Close Readings of Favorite Fiction

Benjamin Dreyer on His Next Project, Close Readings of Favorite Fiction

The Author of Dreyer's English on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | August 27, 2019

A Mental Health Activist Confronts Her Own Inner Turmoil

A Mental Health Activist Confronts Her Own Inner Turmoil

Leah Harris on Suicidality, Mindfulness, and Meditation

By Leah Harris | August 27, 2019

If Planet Death Doesn't Get Us, an AI Superintelligence Most Certainly Will

If Planet Death Doesn't Get Us, an AI Superintelligence Most Certainly Will

“It doesn’t share intuition with us, or history or anything.”

By Bryan Walsh | August 26, 2019

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Kurt Vonnegut Really, Really Hated Guns

By Chuck Augello | August 26, 2019

Sady Doyle on the Man Who Insisted His Wife Was a Malevolent Fairy

By Sady Doyle | August 26, 2019

‘Where the Zinfandel Pass Their Seasons in Mute Rows’
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By Jane Mead | August 26, 2019

Writing the Impossible Grief of Very Young Widowhood

Writing the Impossible Grief of Very Young Widowhood

Kelsey Ronan on Finding the Right Words

By Kelsey Ronan | August 26, 2019

The 50 Greatest Coming-of-Age Novels

The 50 Greatest Coming-of-Age Novels

Summer's Almost Over . . . Just Like Your Childhood (Sorry)

By Emily Temple | August 26, 2019

How Martin Scorsese Straddled Hollywood and Auteur Filmmaking

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Vera Wasowski, Larger Than Life in Postwar Warsaw

Vera Wasowski, Larger Than Life in Postwar Warsaw

On Being Jewish in Poland After WWII

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Pamela Paul on Her Long Path to Becoming a Writer and Editor

Pamela Paul on Her Long Path to Becoming a Writer and Editor

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on But That's Another Story

By But That's Another Story | August 26, 2019

Anthony Doerr on the Beautiful Art of Failure

Anthony Doerr on the Beautiful Art of Failure

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By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | August 25, 2019

Standing Room Only: On Overtravel and the Joy of the Unsung

Standing Room Only: On Overtravel and the Joy of the Unsung

Where Do We Go Now?

By Thomas Swick | August 23, 2019

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