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Is Pedantry the Mother of the Essay?

Is Pedantry the Mother of the Essay?

And Other Questions Ken Chen Has for the Essay at the End of Time

By Ken Chen | March 16, 2017

Read a (Love) Letter From Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne

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On the anniversary of the publication of The Scarlet Letter

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Kanishk Tharoor on Writing Outside of Western Traditions

Kanishk Tharoor on Writing Outside of Western Traditions

"The individual isn’t always my unit of choice"

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What Did Hemingway Really Think of Castro?

What Did Hemingway Really Think of Castro?

Nicholas Reynolds on the Relationship of Two Mid-Century Icons

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s <em>Americanah</em> is New York City's First Book Club Pick

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The Inaugural Winner of One Book, One New York

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30 Books in 30 Days: Looking for The Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic

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Lit Hub Daily: March 14, 2017

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