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Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

Margot Livesey Explores the Possibility of a Power Passed Down for Generations

By Margot Livesey | February 6, 2024

Why We Anthropomorphize Animals (and Always Have)

Why We Anthropomorphize Animals (and Always Have)

Hana Videen on the Origins of the Bestiary and Its Role in the Medieval Imagination

By Hana Videen | February 6, 2024

Faith, Witches, Grief, and Smoke: New Poetry Books to Read in February

Faith, Witches, Grief, and Smoke: New Poetry Books to Read in February

David Woo Recommends Seven Collections to Add to Your TBR

By David Woo | February 6, 2024

Abbott Kahler on Nature vs Nurture

Abbott Kahler on Nature vs Nurture

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | February 6, 2024

Lulu Wang on Balancing Self and Collaboration

Lulu Wang on Balancing Self and Collaboration

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

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By Ed Simon | February 5, 2024

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Camp Over Tragedy: On Henry Van Dyke’s Farcical, Irreverent Novel of Black Gay Life in Mid-Century America

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Erik Wood Considers His Uncle’s “Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes”

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Rick Bass on What Hunting Taught Hemingway About Writing

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”Death, and learning how to end a story: again, the woods made him into a writer.”

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The Tremendous Power and Lasting Impact of <em>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill</em>

The Tremendous Power and Lasting Impact of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

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