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Teaching Literature Means Teaching Empathy

Teaching Literature Means Teaching Empathy

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By Arnold Weinstein | January 20, 2022

Uli Beutter Cohen on Exploring the Literary Landscape of New York City’s Underground

Uli Beutter Cohen on Exploring the Literary Landscape of New York City’s Underground

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Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

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By The Maris Review | January 20, 2022

The Rest Principle: On the Necessity of Recovery, in Fitness and Writing

The Rest Principle: On the Necessity of Recovery, in Fitness and Writing

Bill Hayes Applies the Lessons of Personal Training to the Life of a Writer

By Bill Hayes | January 20, 2022

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The Smell of Sun Cream: Glimpses of the Outside World from Communist Albania

Lea Ypi on Growing Up Within an Isolated Country

By Lea Ypi | January 20, 2022

<em>Aaron Slater, Illustrator</em> by Andrea Beaty, Read by Sullivan Jones

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Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

“Baldwin loved her caustic wit.”

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“To the Reader”

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