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    The Writing Life

    How To Write Egoless Prose, At Least For a Little While

    By Steve Almond  April 15, 2024
    Irish History

    How Ordinary Irish Citizens Got Caught Up in the Violence of the Troubles

    By Henry Hemming  April 15, 2024
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    Considering the Lessons of the Cold War for the Next Great Power Rivalry

    By Adam E. Casey  April 15, 2024
    Colonialism

    How Colonial Powers Fought for Economic Dominance in North America

    By Hampton Sides  April 15, 2024
    First Draft

    Julia Alvarez on Mortality

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    John McMurtrie on the State of the Book Review

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    Gaza

    Why I’m Using My PEN Nomination to Protest for Palestine

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    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  April 12, 2024
    Music history

    How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America

    By Tom Maxwell  April 12, 2024
    Language

    Yes, But Can You Really Explain the Difference Between Morals and Ethics?

    By Eli Burnstein  April 12, 2024
    Queer Literature

    More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen…” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

    By Kelly E. Hill  April 12, 2024
    In Conversation

    Busting Genre, in Style: Geoff Dyer on the Joy of Writing “Unpublishable” Books

    By George Makari  April 11, 2024
    Publishing

    There Are Too Many Books; Or, Publishing Shouldn’t Be All About Quantity

    By Maris Kreizman  April 11, 2024
    Artists

    What Obituaries Can Tell Us About How the World Views Artists

    By Jim Moske  April 11, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews to Read This Weeks

    By Book Marks  April 11, 2024
    Cultural Identity

    Opa! It’s All Greek to Me! Subverting the Tropes of Greek Culture in Media

    By Henriette Lazaridis  April 11, 2024
    The Writing Life

    Against Journaling: Dennis Tang on the Joys of Not Writing It All Down

    By Dennis Tang  April 11, 2024
    Dance

    Revisiting Pilobolus: On Finding Community in Dance

    By Robert Pranzatelli  April 11, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Phil Jones on Why We Read Samuel Johnson

    By History of Literature  April 11, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    S.L. Wisenberg on How We Talk About Cancer

    By Fiction Non Fiction  April 11, 2024
    True Crime

    Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

    By Philip Eil  April 10, 2024
    Talk Easy

    Dev Patel on Destruction and Growth

    By Talk Easy  April 10, 2024
    Writing from Grief and Loss

    Tide In, Tide Out: Anne Lamott on Growing Old and Making Peace with Death

    By Anne Lamott  April 10, 2024
    Nature Writing

    What Do You Get When You Cross the Contemporary Novel with Nature Writing?

    By Fiona Williams  April 10, 2024
    Queer Literature

    Oh, Queer Canada: A Reading List for Americans in Search of LGBTQ Canadian History

    By Rose Sutherland  April 10, 2024
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