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On Heartbreak, Absence, and Falling in Love with <em>The Great Gatsby</em>

On Heartbreak, Absence, and Falling in Love with The Great Gatsby

David Stuart MacLean Charts the Path to His Gatsby-Inspired Novel

By David Stuart MacLean | January 21, 2021

André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

"The irrealis mood disrupts all verbal tenses, moods, and aspects."

By André Aciman | January 21, 2021

The Oldest, The Longest, The Weirdest: A Brief History of Land Borders

The Oldest, The Longest, The Weirdest: A Brief History of Land Borders

Simon Winchester on How We Divide Our World

By Simon Winchester | January 21, 2021

Mateo Askaripour on the Manifest Destiny of Startups

Mateo Askaripour on the Manifest Destiny of Startups

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 21, 2021

On the Power of Afrofuturism in the 21st Century

On the Power of Afrofuturism in the 21st Century

Tim Fielder Details the Legacies of Radical Black Imaginaries

By Tim Fielder | January 21, 2021

Writing the Story of Aunt Jemima's Modern Descendant

Writing the Story of Aunt Jemima's Modern Descendant

Ladee Hubbard Reflects on the Erasure of Racial Violence, Rather than Its Disavowal

By Ladee Hubbard | January 21, 2021

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The Cost of Free Speech Has Never Been Equal

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<em>Wintering</em> by Katherine May, Read by Rebecca Lee

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On Finding Rest and Refuge in Challenging Times

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Why AI Can’t Properly Translate Proust—Yet

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Defiant Style: A Story of African Women, in Photographs and Fashion

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Catherine E. McKinley on the Sewing Machine as a Tool of Empowerment

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I Watched a Baby Being Born So I Could Write My Book

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Janice P. Nimura on Her Research Process for The Doctors Blackwell

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What Makes <em>Flowers in the Attic</em> the Perfect Quarantine Read?

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Do Dogs Really Dream?

Do Dogs Really Dream?

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