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    Classics

    The Tenacious Constancy of
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    By Charles Nicholl  July 20, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    Lydia Millet Reads From Her Short Story “Thylacine”

    By Emergence Magazine  July 20, 2020
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    Jowhor Ile on How Literature Shapes Our Lives

    By Literary Hub  July 20, 2020
    Sun Valley Writers' Conference

    Roger Wilkins on Bearing Witness to the Struggle

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  July 20, 2020
    Keen On

    Ron Brownstein: Is Trump’s America Slipping Away?

    By Keen On  July 20, 2020
    Poetry

    Two New Poems by Ira Sadoff

    By Ira Sadoff  July 20, 2020
    First Draft

    Anne Enright on Losing Loved Objects to the Gaze of Others

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 20, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    How the Present Global Order is a Tragic Legacy of the
    Colonial Past

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   July 20, 2020
    Otherppl

    Nikki Dolson on Finding Stolen Moments to Write

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  July 20, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Susan Meiselas on the Importance of Being Present

    By The Quarantine Tapes  July 20, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    Behind the Mic: On The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue, Read by Emma Lowe

    By Behind the Mic   July 20, 2020
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    How Diverse Are Open Source Communities? Not Very…

    By New Books Network  July 20, 2020
    Art and Politics

    When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

    By Tobias Carroll  July 17, 2020
    Folklore

    On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

    By Martin Shaw  July 17, 2020
    Journalism

    Inside a Reporters Notebook at the US-Mexico Border

    By Jacob Soboroff  July 17, 2020
    The Week in Books

    The Week in Books LIVE: Gatsby, Weiss, Whitehead, and More

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 17, 2020
    How to Proceed

    Ali Smith on What to Do When You Lose Faith in the Writing Process

    By How to Proceed   July 17, 2020
    Philosophy

    Viewing Literature as a Lab for Community Ethics

    By Maren Tova Linett  July 17, 2020
    Storytelling

    On the Igbo Art of Storytelling

    By Ikechukwu Ogbu  July 17, 2020
    Imprisoned Writers

    Under Dictatorship, Silence is as Dangerous as Protest

    By Tahar Ben Jelloun  July 17, 2020
    The Literary Life

    Kevin Kwan on How to (Beautifully) Skewer People

    By The Literary Life  July 17, 2020
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    Nicholson Baker: What Secrets Do the Freedom of Information Act Hold?

    By Keen On  July 17, 2020
    Read Smart

    Simon Ings and Hannah Fry on the Rise Artificial Intelligence

    By Read Smart  July 17, 2020
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