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Toward a Syllabus for Modern Grieving

Toward a Syllabus for Modern Grieving

From Yaa Gyasi to Joan Silber Beth Kissileff Finds Consolation in Reading

By Beth Kissileff | July 23, 2021

Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Geoff Rodkey on Accepting the Realities of Civilization-Ending Calamity

By Geoff Rodkey | July 23, 2021

Translating at the Blurred Edge of Memoir and Fiction

Translating at the Blurred Edge of Memoir and Fiction

K.E. Semmel on Mathilde Walter Clark’s Lone Star

By K. E. Semmel | July 23, 2021

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

How Writers Speak to One Another Across Time and Space

By Zadie Smith | July 23, 2021

Reckoning with Family Legacies at an Ohio Drive-Thru Liquor Store

Reckoning with Family Legacies at an Ohio Drive-Thru Liquor Store

Athena Dixon on the Long Reach of Addiction

By Athena Dixon | July 23, 2021

Ross King on the Man Who Changed Bookselling

Ross King on the Man Who Changed Bookselling

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | July 23, 2021

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Karen Salyer McElmurray on Eastern Kentucky and the Power of Magic

By New Books Network | July 23, 2021

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean, Read by Ali Ahn

By Behind the Mic | July 23, 2021

On Freaks and Geeks and Finding My Voice: How Pop Culture Shaped My Poetry

By Matt Mitchell | July 22, 2021

When Your Therapist Needs a Therapist

When Your Therapist Needs a Therapist

Adam Stern on Battling the Internal Biases that Block Counseling

By Adam Stern, MD | July 22, 2021

Why Yaa Gyasi Wants Us to Remember the Brain Is an Organ

Why Yaa Gyasi Wants Us to Remember the Brain Is an Organ

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 22, 2021

Ben Rhodes on the Crisis of Democracy

Ben Rhodes on the Crisis of Democracy

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By Keen On | July 22, 2021

Native Comedian Adrianne Chalepah Against Pandering to White Audiences

Native Comedian Adrianne Chalepah Against Pandering to White Audiences

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By Book Dreams | July 22, 2021

On Eileen Myles’ <em>Inferno</em>, and the “Poets Novel”

On Eileen Myles’ Inferno, and the “Poets Novel”

Cedar Sigo on Texts That Focus on the Poet, Rather Than the Poetry

By Cedar Sigo | July 22, 2021

How American Textbooks Misrepresent the Collective Struggle for Racial Justice

How American Textbooks Misrepresent the Collective Struggle for Racial Justice

On the Colonialism of Contemporary Education

By Leigh Patel | July 22, 2021

How Vaudeville Told the Story of America... to Americans

How Vaudeville Told the Story of America... to Americans

Geoffrey Hilsabeck on the Dizzying Dream of This Country’s First Entertainment Industry

By Geoffrey Hilsabeck | July 22, 2021

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