For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

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God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

A Conversation With Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“People are objects, terrified of one another as they wake up to nightmarish scenes.”

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Victoria Chang is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Victoria Chang is Reading Now, and Next

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Bund

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“The Romantics,” a Poem by Maya C. Popa

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How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

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A Culture of Collaboration: The Legacy of Lunigiana’s Traveling Booksellers

A Culture of Collaboration: The Legacy of Lunigiana’s Traveling Booksellers

Antonio Romani Explores the Development of Bookselling, From the Italian Countryside to the World's Great Cities

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Why Writing Feels So Hard (and How to Make it Easier)

Why Writing Feels So Hard (and How to Make it Easier)

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Why We Need More Woman-Centric Retellings of <em>The Odyssey</em>

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What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction

What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction

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How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

Emily Eakin Explores New Developments in French Thought After World War II

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Sheila Heti on Talking to Everyone at Once

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A Dialogue With the Facts: On Writing Literary Biography in a Post-Truth Age

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