“Excursion Susan Sontag”

“Excursion Susan Sontag”

A Poem by Maureen N. McLane

By Maureen N. McLane | July 20, 2021

Rosecrans Baldwin on Los Angeles, Wittgenstein, and Melancholy

Rosecrans Baldwin on Los Angeles, Wittgenstein, and Melancholy

This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | July 20, 2021

Sexual Politics and Female Power: Stories from the Playboy Bunny Resort

Sexual Politics and Female Power: Stories from the Playboy Bunny Resort

Christina Clancy on What We’re Getting Wrong

By Christina Clancy | July 20, 2021

Adrian Wooldridge on the American Revolt Against Meritocracy

Adrian Wooldridge on the American Revolt Against Meritocracy

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 20, 2021

In Praise of Wildly Permissive Parenting

In Praise of Wildly Permissive Parenting

Bex O’Brian on the Mother Who “Barely Raised” Her

By Bex O'Brian | July 20, 2021

Is There a More Interesting Way to Talk About the Blurry Line Between a Writer’s Life and Their Fiction?

Is There a More Interesting Way to Talk About the Blurry Line Between a Writer’s Life and Their Fiction?

Sara Martin on Legitimizing Our Lives Through the Experiences of Literary Heroes and Heroines

By Sara Martin | July 20, 2021

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Joseph Fink and Meg Bashwiner Perform Excerpts from The First Ten Years

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Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford, Read by the Author

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Conversations with Strangers on a Cross-Country Train Ride

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David Lowery on the Strange, Arduous Journey of Adapting <em>The Green Knight</em> for Film

David Lowery on the Strange, Arduous Journey of Adapting The Green Knight for Film

“This may be a poem that resists adaptation.”

By David Lowery | July 19, 2021

The Corrupt Arrogance of William Barr

The Corrupt Arrogance of William Barr

Elie Honig on the Former Attorney General’s “Feigned Ignorance”

By Elie Honig | July 19, 2021

How Oscar Wilde Won Over the American Press

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When the US First Encountered the “Aesthetic Apostle”

By Nicholas Frankel | July 19, 2021

A Brief History of Perfume: Visiting an Archive of Ancient Scents

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Sarah Everts on the Human Need to Smell Good

By Sarah Everts | July 19, 2021

A. Natasha Joukovsky on Oscar Wilde, Ovid, and the Myth of Narcissus

A. Natasha Joukovsky on Oscar Wilde, Ovid, and the Myth of Narcissus

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 19, 2021

On the Arctic: Frontier, Paradise, Marker of Human Destruction

On the Arctic: Frontier, Paradise, Marker of Human Destruction

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 19, 2021

Understanding the Bronx: <br>A Reading List

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