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    The Literary Life

    Edwidge Danticat on Facing Love in Harsh Circumstances

    By The Literary Life  August 7, 2020
    New Books Network

    Erika Rummel on 16th-Century Italy and The Road to Gesualdo

    By New Books Network  August 7, 2020
    Activism

    A River of Justice: On the Collective Power of One Into Many

    By David Marquis  August 7, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    Behind the Mic: On Good Husbandry by Kristin Kimball, Read by the Author

    By Behind the Mic   August 7, 2020
    Climate Change

    It Takes Many Voices to Find the Truth

    By John Freeman  August 6, 2020
    Chronic Illness

    On Flannery O’Connor’s Chronic Illness… and Chronic Racism

    By Maggie Levantovskaya  August 6, 2020
    Weather

    On the Great and Terrible Hurricane of 1938

    By Eric Jay Dolin  August 6, 2020
    Audiobooks

    In Honor of the #BlackoutBestsellerList, 5 Audiobooks by Black Women

    By James Tate Hill  August 6, 2020
    Letters Home

    Letter to a Daughter Who Will Wear Two Masks

    By Jasmon Drain  August 6, 2020
    Black History

    The Trailblazing Black Models of Miss America

    By Margot Mifflin  August 6, 2020
    Activism

    How Similar Are the Hot, Historic Summers of 2020 and 1968?

    By Lee Weiner  August 6, 2020
    The Maris Review

    Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman on the Most Honest Way to Tell Their Story

    By The Maris Review  August 6, 2020
    Just the Right Book

    Palliative Care Doctor Sunita Puri on Moving Towards the Difficulty in Ourselves

    By Just the Right Book   August 6, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    James McBride on What Jazz Has Taught Him About Writing History

    By The Quarantine Tapes  August 6, 2020
    Keen On

    Jonathan Taplin: Why America Is Afraid of the Future

    By Keen On  August 6, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    Behind the Mic: On Dirt by Bill Buford, Read by the Author

    By Behind the Mic   August 6, 2020
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    The Crucial Legacy of the Battle of Midway

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   August 6, 2020
    New Books Network

    The American Struggle to Understand Foreigners

    By New Books Network  August 6, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Jazz Pianist Marcus Roberts Get the Blues and Talks Musical Influences

    By Literary Hub  August 5, 2020
    Music

    Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

    By Odie Lindsey  August 5, 2020
    Damian Barr's Literary Salon

    Valeria Luiselli: My Problem With Magic Realism

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  August 5, 2020
    Espionage

    How a Russian Defector Became a Warning from Moscow to London

    By Luke Harding  August 5, 2020
    Satire

    Nothing Scares Congressional Lobbyists Like Rats in
    a Toilet Bowl

    By Ralph Nader  August 5, 2020
    Work

    We Need to Treat Artists as Workers, Not Decorations

    By William Deresiewicz  August 5, 2020
    WMFA

    Garth Greenwell on Being Patient AND Indulgent

    By WMFA   August 5, 2020
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