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Refuge, Gossip, and Revelation on the Private Book Club Circuit

Refuge, Gossip, and Revelation on the Private Book Club Circuit

Marjan Kamali on Visiting the Homes of Her Readers

By Marjan Kamali | March 13, 2020

Lessons From the Qur'an as the Bombs Fell on Tehran

Lessons From the Qur'an as the Bombs Fell on Tehran

Alireza Doostdar on Blessing, Punishment, and Witnessing War

By Alireza Doostdar | March 13, 2020

Finding Octavia Butler's Pasadena

Finding Octavia Butler's Pasadena

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By Katie Orphan | March 13, 2020

Snobs, Sophisticates, and Scathing Reviews in Wartime London

Snobs, Sophisticates, and Scathing Reviews in Wartime London

D.J. Taylor on Cyril Connolly Shepherd of "High Brow" Literature

By D.J. Taylor | March 13, 2020

Campaign Strategist David Plouffe on Making a Difference in the 2020 Election

Campaign Strategist David Plouffe on Making a Difference in the 2020 Election

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | March 13, 2020

On the Harrowing Life of a Boko Haram Captive

On the Harrowing Life of a Boko Haram Captive

Dionne Searcey Learns the Story of a Survivor

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<em>Behind the Mic</em>: On <em>My Name Is Lucy Barton</em> by Elizabeth Strout and Rona Munro [Adapt.], Read by Laura Linney

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Emily Strelow on the Figurative Language of Birds

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The Storykiller and His Sentence: Rebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein

The Storykiller and His Sentence: Rebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein

“To be a woman is to be forever vigilant against violence.”

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Coronavirus Has Ground Chinese Publishing to a Halt

Coronavirus Has Ground Chinese Publishing to a Halt

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Rebecca Solnit on the Intersection of Activism and Writing

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