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How to Arrange an 1890s-Style Shotgun Wedding

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How America Remembers Emmett Till

"Hatred could not justify child murder, but fear could."

By Elliott Gorn | November 15, 2018

On the Complicated Legacy of American Country Music

On the Complicated Legacy of American Country Music

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By Literary Hub | November 14, 2018

Fragments of John McPhee: On Cary Grant, Ping-Pong, and Earthquakes

Fragments of John McPhee: On Cary Grant, Ping-Pong, and Earthquakes

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By John McPhee | November 13, 2018

Co-Parenting with Lord Byron, As Weird As It Sounds

Co-Parenting with Lord Byron, As Weird As It Sounds

Miranda Seymour the Precociousness of the Poet's Daughter

By Miranda Seymour | November 12, 2018

See Oscar Wilde's Handwritten Edits to <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>

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The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

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The Anxiety of the Pilot Upon Attempting to Land a Plane

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