What Exactly Do Words Taste Like?

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WATCH: An Evening of Genre- and Gender-Fluid magic with Grace Lavery and Elif Batuman

WATCH: An Evening of Genre- and Gender-Fluid magic with Grace Lavery and Elif Batuman

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The Award is the Book: Randall Mann on Poetry Awards, Contests, and Diversity

The Award is the Book: Randall Mann on Poetry Awards, Contests, and Diversity

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 17, 2022

Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | February 17, 2022

Sheila Heti on Feeling Estranged from the Facts of Existence

Sheila Heti on Feeling Estranged from the Facts of Existence

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 17, 2022

The Creation of Yourself: On the Flow and Fugue of Dance

The Creation of Yourself: On the Flow and Fugue of Dance

Olivia Campbell Considers the Legendary Absorption of the Dancer

By Olivia Campbell | February 17, 2022

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Anne F. Hyde on the Implications of the Homestead Act on Indigenous Land

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Tiffanie Drayton on Lessons in Self-Preservation and Growth

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<em>Family Business</em> by S.J. Rozan, Read by Emily Woo Zeller

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A Chinatown Mystery

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Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

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Anthony Domestico Offers a Close Reading of an Underappreciated Novelist

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