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Why We Still Love Mr. Darcy, 200 Years Later

Why We Still Love Mr. Darcy, 200 Years Later

Susan Moore in Praise of the Model For Self-Aware Romantic Heroes

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One of the Best American Backpacking Books Was Written by a Japanese Buddhist Beat Poet

Brad Rassler on the Dharma of Albert Saijo, Who Distilled the Trauma of Internment Into a Minimalist Philosophy of the Outdoors

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Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

“AIDS was the first thing I knew about sex. It was the first thing I knew about being gay.”

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This Week in Literary History: America Turns 250

This Week in Literary History: America Turns 250

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Demetris Papadimitropoulos on Daniel Ciba's Blue Roses and the Evidence Literary History Was Taught Not to Read

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A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

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