The Innocenti: The Renaissance-Era Orphanage in Florence

The Innocenti: The Renaissance-Era Orphanage in Florence

Joseph Luzzi on the Abandoned Children of 1400s Italy

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Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Maria B. Olujic Considers the Role of Neologisms and Idioms in Croatia’s Linguistic Landscape

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John Irving on Wrestling, Coming-of-Age, and Writing Autiobiographically

John Irving on Wrestling, Coming-of-Age, and Writing Autiobiographically

Wayne Catan Talks to the Author of Queen Esther

By Wayne Catan | November 24, 2025

A Close Reading of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Counting-Out Rhyme”

A Close Reading of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Counting-Out Rhyme”

Cecily Parks on the Ceremony and Intimacy of a Classic American Poem

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Tracy K. Smith on the Spiritual and the Poetic

Tracy K. Smith on the Spiritual and the Poetic

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Susan Orlean on Writing the Story of a Life Well Lived

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Pygmalion’s Chatbot: Vanessa Chang on Intimacy in the Age of AI

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