Tales from the Bar: Readings by Dave O’Leary, Jillian Luft, Michael McGill, and Jon Lindsey

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From Micro, a Podcast for Short But Powerful Writing

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Jackie Amezquita on Migration, Memory and Making Art

Jackie Amezquita on Migration, Memory and Making Art

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

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<em>Inheritance</em> by Elizabeth Acevedo, Read by the Author

Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo, Read by the Author

Powerful Poetry from a Spoken-Word Poet

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Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

“She seems to be expressing a solitariness that is unusual, anti-romantic.”

By Elizabeth Hardwick | May 23, 2022

How Contemporary Chinese Literature Made Western Modernism Its Own

How Contemporary Chinese Literature Made Western Modernism Its Own

Yan Lianke on the Concept of “Mythorealism”

By Yan Lianke and Carlos Rojas | May 23, 2022

Xu Xi on Living the Transnational Literary Life

Xu Xi on Living the Transnational Literary Life

“Life really isn’t stranger than fiction, but you have to keep reading, and rereading, to know that.”

By Xu Xi | May 23, 2022

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In Praise of the Unhappy Happy Ending

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Dennard Dayle on the Books That Embrace “Maniacal Laughter”

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Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Inevitable Slowness of Writing

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The Author of The Evening Hero Talks to Jimin Han

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A Few Notes on the Past (and Possible Future) of Public Mourning

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Considering the Morals of Kierkegaard’s <em>Fear and Trembling</em>

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<em>Nothing Burns as Bright as You</em> by Ashley Woodfolk, Read by Amani Minter

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A Lyrical YA Novel in Verse

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Was <em>You’ve Got Mail</em> Trying to Warn Us About the Internet? (Or Telling Us to Give Up?)

Was You’ve Got Mail Trying to Warn Us About the Internet? (Or Telling Us to Give Up?)

Olivia Rutigliano on the Rise of Amazon.com, Corporate Homogenization, and the 90s Rom Com in the Middle of It All

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