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Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

“I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.”

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Letter From Minnesota: <br>We’ve Been Here Before

Letter From Minnesota:
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Toni Morrison on What Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction Reveals About Race in America

Toni Morrison on What Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction Reveals About Race in America

Considering the Role of Blackness and Black Bodies in the American Literary Canon

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11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

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Borrowing From the Bard: A Shakespeare-Inspired Reading List

Borrowing From the Bard: A Shakespeare-Inspired Reading List

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“[Speckled Yellow],” a Poem By Simon Armitage

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