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Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching <em>Paradise Lost</em> to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

Orlando Reade on Privilege, Freedom and the Importance of Reading Disobediently

By Orlando Reade | December 10, 2024

Susan Abulhawa Remembers Refaat Alareer: Poet, Teacher, Husband, Father

Susan Abulhawa Remembers Refaat Alareer: Poet, Teacher, Husband, Father

It Has Been a Year Since Refaat Alareer Was Killed By Israeli Forces

By Susan Abulhawa | December 6, 2024

On World AIDS Day What Does It Mean to Live in a Culture Defined By Virality?

On World AIDS Day What Does It Mean to Live in a Culture Defined By Virality?

Heather McCalden on World AIDS Day, Ribbons, and Viruses

By Heather McCalden | December 2, 2024

“Small But Unforgettable Moments.” What E.B. White Loved About New York City

“Small But Unforgettable Moments.” What E.B. White Loved About New York City

Martha White Remembers Her Grandfather’s Lifelong Relationship With the Big Apple

By Martha White | November 25, 2024

Leaving Cormac: Life Lessons From My Correspondence with Lee McCarthy

Leaving Cormac: Life Lessons From My Correspondence with Lee McCarthy

Kim Young on What It Means to Survive a First Marriage

By Kim Young | November 21, 2024

Embrace the Journey: An Octogenarian’s Advice For Younger Writers

Embrace the Journey: An Octogenarian’s Advice For Younger Writers

Abigail Thomas: “My problem was I thought you had to know what you were doing. Nonsense. You just have to start.”

By Abigail Thomas | November 21, 2024

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Waking Up Trans in Trump’s America

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They’re Screening an Adaptation of My Novel in an Israeli Settlement, So I’m Boycotting It

They’re Screening an Adaptation of My Novel in an Israeli Settlement, So I’m Boycotting It

Mirza Waheed: “Boycotts are not acts designed to foster exclusion or hatred; they are, in fact, statements of intent.”

By Mirza Waheed | November 13, 2024

A Gesture Larger Than Death: On Bill T. Jones’s AIDS Elegy “Still/Here” at 30

A Gesture Larger Than Death: On Bill T. Jones’s AIDS Elegy “Still/Here” at 30

Jen Benka Considers Art in the Face of Cataclysm

By Jen Benka | November 13, 2024

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Linda Grant: “We are all made up of private family legends, we are all novels in the making.”

By Linda Grant | November 13, 2024

Memories in the Marsh: A Love Letter to Exploring, Studying, and Creating Art in Nature

Memories in the Marsh: A Love Letter to Exploring, Studying, and Creating Art in Nature

Anna Farro Henderson Reflects on Romance, Distance, and Change as She Studies a Maine Marshland

By Anna Farro Henderson | November 11, 2024

Dorothy Allison, author and force of nature, has died.

Dorothy Allison, author and force of nature, has died.

By Brittany Allen | November 8, 2024

How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

Jaydra Johnson on the Intersections of Literature, Classism and Family History

By Jaydra Johnson | November 8, 2024

On Illness and Death as Text and Autocorrect

On Illness and Death as Text and Autocorrect

Malwina Gudowska Considers the Stories of Our Bodies

By Malwina Gudowska | November 7, 2024

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