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The Best Sex I Ever Had Was (Also) a Narrative Structure

The Best Sex I Ever Had Was (Also) a Narrative Structure

Helen Betya Rubinstein on Expectation, Eagerness, and Enjoyment

By Helen Betya Rubinstein | February 17, 2021

Bloody Talismans: How an American Journalist Endured an al Qaeda Prison

Bloody Talismans: How an American Journalist Endured an al Qaeda Prison

Theo Padnos on Surviving Captivity, Torture, and Terror in Syria

By Theo Padnos | February 17, 2021

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By Gretel Ehrlich | February 17, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Grieving</em> by Cristina Rivera Garza

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Grieving by Cristina Rivera Garza

Richard Z. Santos on One of the Finalists for Criticism

By Richard Z. Santos | February 17, 2021

Have Robots... Always Been With Us?

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Why I Wrote a Novel Full of Secondary Characters

Why I Wrote a Novel Full of Secondary Characters

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Ross Gay on Understanding Delight Through Sadness

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<em>She Persisted: Claudette Colvin</em> by Lesa Cline-Ransome, Read by Janina Edwards

She Persisted: Claudette Colvin by Lesa Cline-Ransome, Read by Janina Edwards

Inspire Kids with Claudette’s Story

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