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Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

Mary Kuryla Recommends Toni Morrison, Joy Williams, T Kira Madden, and Others

By Mary Kuryla | February 16, 2022

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Roni Cohen-Sandler on Raising Self-Reliant Teenage Girls in the Age of the Internet

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A Poem by Ben Estes

A Poem by Ben Estes

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American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

Ilan Stavans on One of Democracy’s Bedrock Institutions

By Ilan Stavans | February 16, 2022

On Jessie Redmon Fauset, the Harlem Renaissance Writer Long Overdue for a Resurgence

On Jessie Redmon Fauset, the Harlem Renaissance Writer Long Overdue for a Resurgence

Morgan Jerkins Reads Plum Bun in the Era of “Identity Politics”

By Morgan Jerkins | February 16, 2022

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Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson, Read by Julia Whelan

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David Wright Faladé on the Case for Civil War Revisionism in Film and Literature

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Leigh Stein on Writing a Pandemic Time Capsule

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In Search of the Perfect Sound: Confessions of an Accidental Audiophile

In Search of the Perfect Sound: Confessions of an Accidental Audiophile

Garrett Hongo on the Pastime That Took on a Life of Its Own

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Why Sara Gran Self-Published After Years in the Book Industry

Why Sara Gran Self-Published After Years in the Book Industry

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