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    Lit Century

    Lucy Ferriss on Girlhood and Innocence in The Death of the Heart

    By Lit Century   February 28, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Ling Ma on Writing Short Stories: “You Can Let Them Simmer for Years”

    By I'm a Writer But   February 28, 2023
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best
    Audiobooks of February

    By Book Marks  February 28, 2023
    Keen On

    Kathleen McLaughlin on the Plasma Industry Sucking the Blood of the American Poor

    By Keen On  February 28, 2023
    Ukraine

    When Russia Invaded Ukraine, My Family’s Past Became the Present

    By Megan Buskey  February 27, 2023
    Rock and Roll

    How Bob Dylan Became a Counterculture Icon

    By Aaron J. Leonard  February 27, 2023
    The Writing Life

    It Happened To Me: On Being Totally Unproductive at a Writing Residency

    By Alice Robb  February 27, 2023
    Covid-19

    Inside the Emergency Room on the Eve of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    By Farzon A. Nahvi  February 27, 2023
    When I’m Not Writing

    A Stitch Between Reality and Imagination: Thao Thai on Sewing and Summoning Possibility

    By Thao Thai  February 27, 2023
    The Renaissance

    Sorry Michelangelo, Da Vinci Was the True Master of the Human Form in Art

    By Charles Freeman  February 27, 2023
    Emergence Magazine

    Lucy Jones on the Fascinatingly Weird Lifeforms of the Forest Floor

    By Emergence Magazine  February 27, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Talking to Biographer Carl Rollyson About the Life of William Faulkner

    By History of Literature  February 27, 2023
    First Draft

    Susan Griffin on Earning an Ending and How Writing is Akin to Carpentry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 27, 2023
    Ukraine

    “War Plants Paper Flowers.” New Ukrainian Poetry by Iya Kiva, Ostap Slyvynsky, and Halyna Kruk

    By Literary Hub  February 24, 2023
    What to Watch

    How a 26-Year-Old Steven Spielberg Made Jaws… and Nearly Lost His Career in the Process

    By Michael Schulman  February 24, 2023
    Classics

    Ancient Drama for Modern Readers: Top 5 Greek Plays to Read in Translation

    By Claire Heywood  February 24, 2023
    Keen On

    Nina Siegal on Dutch Moral Complicity in the Nazi Persecution of Holland’s Jews

    By Keen On  February 24, 2023
    Research

    Research I’d Rather Not Have Done: Pandemics Then and Now

    By Lynn Cullen  February 24, 2023
    Criticism

    Why Fig Pollination and Literary Criticism Have a Lot in Common

    By A. V. Marraccini  February 24, 2023
    Keen On

    Erik Conway on How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market

    By Keen On  February 24, 2023
    Keen On

    David Auerbach on How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives

    By Keen On  February 24, 2023
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Split/Lip Press

    By Katie Yee  February 24, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    By Book Marks  February 24, 2023
    Keen On

    Daniel Hatcher on How the US Criminal Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor

    By Keen On  February 24, 2023
    Keen On

    Paul Stephan: Is There a Crisis in the Knowledge Economy?

    By Keen On  February 24, 2023
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