Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

A.J. Lees on Exploration Fawcett

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How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

John Freeman on the Moral Power of Independent People

By John Freeman | October 6, 2020

Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?

Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?

Hayley Krischer on the Reluctance to Publish Stories of Unlovable Girls

By Hayley Krischer | October 6, 2020

Ishmael Reed: Mr. Miranda, <em>Hamilton</em> Left Out a Few Things

Ishmael Reed: Mr. Miranda, Hamilton Left Out a Few Things

A Critical Take on the Broadway Hit

By Ishmael Reed | October 6, 2020

Poet and Undertaker Thomas Lynch on Our Monumental Grief

Poet and Undertaker Thomas Lynch on Our Monumental Grief

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 6, 2020

"Peel This Skin"

A Poem by Eric Gansworth

By Eric Gansworth | October 6, 2020

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Creating the Fairy Tale Narrative of Donald Trump (Before Its Turn to Nightmare)

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Why We Can't Stop Loving the Most Troublesome Pets

Why We Can't Stop Loving the Most Troublesome Pets

Matt Sumell on Real Friendship and Living with "Grief Time Bombs"

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