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“Perhaps We’re Being Dense.” Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers

“Perhaps We’re Being Dense.” Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers

Some Kind, Some Weird, Some Unbelievably Harsh

By Emily Temple | June 19, 2019

So, Gutenberg Didn’t Actually Invent Printing As We Know It

So, Gutenberg Didn’t Actually Invent Printing As We Know It

On the Unsung Chinese and Korean History of Movable Type

By M. Sophia Newman | June 19, 2019

The Weirdness, Wonder, and Terror of the Contemporary Zoo

The Weirdness, Wonder, and Terror of the Contemporary Zoo

Molly Reid on the Way We Use Language Changes the Way We See Animals

By Molly Reid | June 19, 2019

On America's First Openly Gay Reporter at a Major Newspaper

On America's First Openly Gay Reporter at a Major Newspaper

The Rise of Randy Shilts, Among the First to Write About
the AIDS Epidemic

By Andrew E. Stoner | June 19, 2019

On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

"I find Kathy’s stuff and have that feeling I sometimes get of not being alone."

By Teresa Rose Carmody | June 19, 2019

<em>Reading Women</em> Talk Jesmyn Ward and Sarah Smarsh

Reading Women Talk Jesmyn Ward and Sarah Smarsh

Kendra Winchester, Autumn Privett, and Jaclyn Masters
on Working Class Stories

By Reading Women | June 19, 2019

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Elvia Wilk on Fictionalizing Berlin

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Why Are We Driven to Explore the Very Depths of This Earthly Abyss?

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What My Writing Nemesis Taught Me About Myself

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How the Adaptation of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> Failed Scout Finch

How the Adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird Failed Scout Finch

Rebecca Renner: Gregory Peck Made the Film All About Atticus

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What Anne Sexton Taught Me About... Self-Promotion

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Joy Lanzendorfer on Balancing Social Anxiety and the Need for Writerly Networking

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Why Does a Language Die?

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On the Slow Demise of Tayap in Papua New Guinea

By Don Kulick | June 18, 2019

How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”

By Nnamdi Ehirim | June 18, 2019

On the Intoxicating Power of Forgetting Where You Came From

On the Intoxicating Power of Forgetting Where You Came From

Lewis Hyde Explores the Egoism of Memory and Self-Making

By Lewis Hyde | June 18, 2019

Mona Awad on the Creepiness of Cliques and College Towns

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