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Carl Phillips and Aditi Machado Feel Like Radically Different Poets

Carl Phillips and Aditi Machado Feel Like Radically Different Poets

In Conversation with Lena Crown on Awakeners

By awakeners | August 7, 2025

On the Particular Joys of Etymological Detective Work

On the Particular Joys of Etymological Detective Work

Martha Barnette Explores the Shared Proto-Indo-European Origins of a Diverse Group of Modern Languages

By Martha Barnette | August 6, 2025

On the Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos

On the Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos

Elizabeth Cook Breaks Down the “Uncertainty, Disrespect, and Bullying” of the Federal Government

By Elizabeth Kaye Cook | August 6, 2025

Doubles, Glitches, Hallucinations, Dreams: Nine Books that Feature David Lynchian Deja Vu

Doubles, Glitches, Hallucinations, Dreams: Nine Books that Feature David Lynchian Deja Vu

Vanessa Roveto Recommends Marguerite Duras, Leslie Scalapino, Joyelle McSweeney, and More

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“Black History Minute,” a Poem by Harryette Mullen

“Black History Minute,” a Poem by Harryette Mullen

From the Collection “Regaining Unconsciousness”

By Harryette Mullen | August 6, 2025

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

Joshua Sharpe on the Horror and Aftermath of the 1985 Georgia Church Murders

By Joshua Sharpe | August 6, 2025

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How Tochi Eze Found Her Writing Voice in Igbo Folklore

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On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection

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Elaine U. Cho: “If you want to belong to the world, you’ll have to pick up on its lingo.”

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How Writers Write Characters Who Are Writers Writing About Themselves; Or, But Is It Autofiction?

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Megan Cummins Explores the Porous Borders of Narrativizing Oneself on the Open Road

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What We Can Give Each Other: On Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”

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Aaron Boehmer Considers the Hope in Human Connection

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Why a Nineteenth-Century Scandal of Class and Identity Still Speaks to Us

Why a Nineteenth-Century Scandal of Class and Identity Still Speaks to Us

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By Nell Stevens | August 4, 2025

What Jane Austen’s Possessions Reveal About Her Literary Ethos

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“Reading,” a Poem by Emily Skillings

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