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Michael Cunningham on the Question of Scale in Writing

Michael Cunningham on the Question of Scale in Writing

“It’s only a question of whether you’re looking through a telescope or a microscope.“

By Michael Cunningham | July 24, 2026

How the Role of Book Cover Design Has Changed in the Age of Social Media

How the Role of Book Cover Design Has Changed in the Age of Social Media

Or, Judging a Reader by Their Book Cover

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Christ’s Craft Store, Hobby Lobby, Wouldn’t Have Survived Its First Year Without the Godless Hippies

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Michael Blanding on the Origins of a Box Store Behemoth

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On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s <em>No Name</em>

On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s No Name

Is Magdalen Vanstone a Detective Using Her Acting Skills or, by Victorian Standards,... a Criminal?

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 24, 2026

On the Complexities and Contradictions of Diasporic Jewish Identity

On the Complexities and Contradictions of Diasporic Jewish Identity

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“Drinking the Bees,” a Poem by Christian Wiman

“Drinking the Bees,” a Poem by Christian Wiman

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On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

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For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“People are objects, terrified of one another as they wake up to nightmarish scenes.”

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Victoria Chang is Reading Now, and Next

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