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The Limits of Representation: Huda Awan Finds Herself in <em>Portnoy’s Complaint</em>

The Limits of Representation: Huda Awan Finds Herself in Portnoy’s Complaint

“How much can fictional representation actually achieve in acting as a foundation for self-respect?”

By Huda Awan | March 3, 2021

Edward Carey Talks to Alexander Chee About Rewriting a Myth, and the Enduring Power of Pinocchio

Edward Carey Talks to Alexander Chee About Rewriting a Myth, and the Enduring Power of Pinocchio

A Conversation with the Author of The Swallowed Man

By Alexander Chee | March 3, 2021

Anne Lamott on Writing a Book for Those Feeling Hopeless

Anne Lamott on Writing a Book for Those Feeling Hopeless

Five Questions for the Author of Dusk, Night, Dawn

By Literary Hub | March 3, 2021

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

Forsyth Harmon Recommends Raven Leilani, Makenna Goodman, and More

By Forsyth Harmon | March 3, 2021

Fernanda Melchor on the Complicities of Fairy Tales and Femicide

Fernanda Melchor on the Complicities of Fairy Tales and Femicide

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | March 3, 2021

Youth Rediscovered: 8 Great Books About Black Boyhood

Youth Rediscovered: 8 Great Books About Black Boyhood

Hari Ziyad Recommends George M. Johnson, Kiese Laymon, and More

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Tracking the Changing Ways We Talk in the COVID-19 Era

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Food is Love: Weaving Together World War II History and Family Recipes

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Melissa Broder on Giving Up the “Finger-Clinging” of Her Youth

Melissa Broder on Giving Up the “Finger-Clinging” of Her Youth

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 3, 2021

When Lawrence Ferlinghetti Defended a Tribute to Allen Ginsberg

When Lawrence Ferlinghetti Defended a Tribute to Allen Ginsberg

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An Afternoon with Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the Last Light of San Francisco

An Afternoon with Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the Last Light of San Francisco

Robert Andersen Reflects on an Unforgettable Encounter

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Darkest New England: What is the Northern Gothic Literary Tradition?

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W.S. Winslow Tries to Define a Recondite Genre

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Patricia Engel: What Sustains the Separated Family?

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In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

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This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Red Comet</em> by Heather Clark

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Red Comet by Heather Clark

Tara Wanda Merrigan on One of the Finalists for Biography

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Ali Benjamin Reads from <em>The Smash-Up</em>

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