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The Straight Line From Slavery to<br> Private Prisons

The Straight Line From Slavery to
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How Texas Turned Plantations Into Prisons

By Shane Bauer | September 19, 2018

'Today I Told Donald Trump' New Poetry By Erica Dawson

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From Her Collection When Rap Spoke Straight To God

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Kafka’s Last Wish, Brod’s First Betrayal

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On the (Non) Burning of the Manuscript

By Benjamin Balint | September 18, 2018

Lisa Hanawalt: Drawing Progressive Westerns from the Horse's Perspective

Lisa Hanawalt: Drawing Progressive Westerns from the Horse's Perspective

The Visual Mind Behind BoJack Horseman is Having a Busy Year

By Michelle Delgado | September 18, 2018

What Do Superheroes and Zombies Have to Do With the End of the World?

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Peter Biskind on Pop Culture's Obsession with How It All Ends

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The Challenges of Creating a Cover for a Forgotten Modernist Classic

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By Roman Muradov | September 18, 2018

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At the Mogadishu Book Fair, Literature Is Hope

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Writer Ahmed Ismail Yusuf on Going Home After Decades Away

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Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

“Today is when we find out who’s a football player.”

By Albert Samaha | September 17, 2018

Don't Write a Book About Cancer, and Other Advice

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Shirley Barrett on Receiving a Cancer Diagnosis After Writing About It

By Shirley Barrett | September 17, 2018

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