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When a Descendent of Witch Hunters Writes a Novel About Salem

When a Descendent of Witch Hunters Writes a Novel About Salem

Matthew Daddona Profiles How to Hang a Witch Author Adriana Mather

By Matthew Daddona | August 8, 2016

The Untold Story of a Legendary Diane Arbus Photograph

The Untold Story of a Legendary Diane Arbus Photograph

Brooks Wright's Random Encounter with a Nude Portrait of His Brother

By James Sullivan | July 26, 2016

A Darke and Vicious Place: Conceptualizing the Vagina

A Darke and Vicious Place: Conceptualizing the Vagina

How Women’s Sex Organs Have Been Understood in Art and in History

By Fay Bound Alberti | July 25, 2016

Using the Lies of Fiction to Get to the Truth of Apartheid

Using the Lies of Fiction to Get to the Truth of Apartheid

Michelle Pretorius Wrestles with Her Country's Past

By Michelle Pretorius | July 21, 2016

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Matthew Cheney Remembers the Books That Helped Him Survive

By Matthew Cheney | July 20, 2016

Brief History of a Terror Attack: The Day That Changed Argentina

Brief History of a Terror Attack: The Day That Changed Argentina

Ilan Stavans on the 1994 Bombing of the AMIA

By Ilan Stavans | July 18, 2016

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David Remnick on the Post-War Evolution of an American Literary Institution

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On the Battle to Desegregate the Nation's Libraries

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On the Comedy of History, and the Importance of a Good Joke

On the Comedy of History, and the Importance of a Good Joke

Christopher Bram Finds Humor in the Greatest Literature

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There Would Be No Fourth of July Without the Iroquois Nation

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What We Owe the Aboriginal People of the Americas: A Debt That Cannot Be Repaid

By Bev Sellars | July 4, 2016

On the Fifth Anniversary of the Africa Writes Festival

On the Fifth Anniversary of the Africa Writes Festival

Looking Back at the Growth of an Important New Institution

By Literary Hub | July 1, 2016

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