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Behind One the Greatest Post-Punk Songs Ever Recorded

Behind One the Greatest Post-Punk Songs Ever Recorded

Kevin Dettmar on Joy Division, Ian Curtis, and the Tragic Background of “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

By Kevin Dettmar | September 14, 2026

This Week in Literary History: John Keats Writes “To Autumn”

This Week in Literary History: John Keats Writes “To Autumn”

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A Question of Innocence: On Writing About Real and Imagined Lives In and Outside of Prison

A Question of Innocence: On Writing About Real and Imagined Lives In and Outside of Prison

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When Your Town Needs a Bookstore... Why Not Open One Yourself?

When Your Town Needs a Bookstore... Why Not Open One Yourself?

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Rabih Alameddine on Writing Humor In Times of Tumult and Tragedy

Rabih Alameddine on Writing Humor In Times of Tumult and Tragedy

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How Raising a Multilingual Tot Helped Me Write a Multicultural Novel

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“Late Summer in the Anthropocene,” a Poem by Marcus Wicker

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My Partner Refuses to Read or Even TALK About Books? Should We Break Up?

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Neither Bone Nor Stone: Why the US Constitution Was Meant to be Amended

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