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20 "Perfect Summer Books" for This and Every Year

If Every Kind of Book is Perfect for Summer, Are Any of Them?

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The Natural Wine Movement is About More Than Just Wine

The Natural Wine Movement is About More Than Just Wine

On How the Radically New Pays Homage to Tradition

By jonathannossiter | June 17, 2019

Jayson Greene on the Risks of Writing About Grief

Jayson Greene on the Risks of Writing About Grief

"The worst stories are the self-serving ones."

By Hannah Seidlitz | June 17, 2019

In Defense of My Family Business: The Soap Opera Storyteller

In Defense of My Family Business: The Soap Opera Storyteller

Nicholas Mancusi on the Importance of Plot and Inventiveness

By Nicholas Mancusi | June 17, 2019

On Movies and How to Write About Them

On Movies and How to Write About Them

Lili Anolik and Geoff Dyer in Conversation

By Literary Hub | June 17, 2019

How Lakshmi Shankar Became the Voice Behind the Epic <em>Gandhi</em>

How Lakshmi Shankar Became the Voice Behind the Epic Gandhi

The Hindustani Singer Helped Give the Film Its Emotional Force

By Kavita Das | June 17, 2019

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On Bringing the World of Harry Potter to Life in... Florida

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Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's <em>Ulysses</em>

Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's Ulysses

Ally Findley on the Historical Importance of Sweny's Pharmacy, Which May Soon Vanish

By Ally Findley | June 14, 2019

A Brief Literary History of Absolutely Terrible Dads

A Brief Literary History of Absolutely Terrible Dads

Happy Father's Day! Please Enjoy These Bad Dad Memoirs

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Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

By a Stroke of Luck Luis Sr. is Allowed by Castro to Leave Cuba

By Luis Tiant | June 14, 2019

Remembering My Father, Jacques Lacan

Remembering My Father, Jacques Lacan

Sibylle Lacan on the Influences of an Absent Father

By Sibylle Lacan | June 14, 2019

Writing During Naptime, a Parent's Practice

Writing During Naptime, a Parent's Practice

Katie Gutierrez on the Hard-Won Lessons of Motherhood

By Katie Gutierrez | June 14, 2019

Learning of My Father's Suicide From My Grandmother's Poetry

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John James on the Hard Work of Acknowledging Terrible Truths

By John James | June 14, 2019

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