How Pedro Mairal Convinced His Parents He Needed to Study Literature

How Pedro Mairal Convinced His Parents He Needed to Study Literature

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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How Amanda Alexander of the Detroit Justice Center Thinks About Justice

How Amanda Alexander of the Detroit Justice Center Thinks About Justice

In Conversation with Alex Vitale on The Quarantine Tapes

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<em>Facing the Mountain</em> by Daniel James Brown, Read by Louis Ozawa

Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown, Read by Louis Ozawa

Japanese American Heroes in World War II

By Behind the Mic | June 30, 2021

Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

“His fallback, his signature, is always humor.”

By Charles McGrath | June 29, 2021

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s <em>The General of the Dead Army</em>

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s The General of the Dead Army

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | June 29, 2021

The Rise of China’s State Surveillance Machinery

The Rise of China’s State Surveillance Machinery

Geoffrey Cain on Big Data, AI, and the Specter of “Security”

By Geoffrey Cain | June 29, 2021

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Thanks to the Plumber Who Slept in My Bed: How a Surprising Trespasser Inspired My First Novel

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Larissa Pham on Parasocial Relationships and Trying to Tell an Emotional Truth

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Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko on the Rising Popularity of QAnon

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By Keen On | June 29, 2021

Nichole Perkins Reads From <em>Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be</em>

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Tom Lin on the Importance of Conducting Literary Field Work

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Jane Ciabattari Speaks with the Author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu

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How Domestic Violence Victims’ Advocacy Works in an Insular Island Community

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Hanna Halperin on the Barriers for Victims on Martha’s Vineyard

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How Lauren Shapiro’s Poems Remind Us That We’re Not Just Brains in Jars

How Lauren Shapiro’s Poems Remind Us That We’re Not Just Brains in Jars

This Week on the Literary Disco Podcast

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<em>Ocean Prey</em> by John Sandford, Read by Richard Ferrone

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Very Different Writers, Uncanny Commonalities: On Lee Child and<br> Heidi James

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