“Those Folks Never Had Their Lights Turned Off.” On the Literary Importance of Highlighting the Haves and the Have-Nots

“Those Folks Never Had Their Lights Turned Off.” On the Literary Importance of Highlighting the Haves and the Have-Nots

From Barroom Chats with Raymond Carver to the Aperçus of Thomas Piketty, Douglas Unger Explores Class Consciousness in American Letters

By Douglas Unger | October 7, 2024

On the Environmental and Philosophical Factors Behind Literary Creation

On the Environmental and Philosophical Factors Behind Literary Creation

Steve Wasserman Deconstructs the “Writer’s Space”

By Steve Wasserman | October 7, 2024

On the Remarkable Legacy of Lewis Lapham

On the Remarkable Legacy of Lewis Lapham

Elias Altman Remembers His Boss' Advice on Writing, Editing, and When a Deal's a Deal

By Elias Altman | October 7, 2024

Nicer in Hindi: Sayantani Dasgupta on Living Between Three Languages

Nicer in Hindi: Sayantani Dasgupta on Living Between Three Languages

"Who am I? Am I really me, or an echo of all these others?"

By Sayantani Dasgupta | October 3, 2024

Embracing Bucolic Beauty: On Finding Purpose and Joy in Raising Sheep

Embracing Bucolic Beauty: On Finding Purpose and Joy in Raising Sheep

John Connell: “My existence had an aim and my incompleteness was ended. I let go of my sadness. It was a new-found freedom.”

By John Connell | October 3, 2024

Chowder and Community: In Praise of Warm Meals and Warm Hearts

Chowder and Community: In Praise of Warm Meals and Warm Hearts

Tammy Armstrong on Finding Comfort and Inspiration in Fellowship and Food

By Tammy Armstrong | October 3, 2024

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What Our Dreams Tell Us About Ourselves and About the World

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“Brilliant, Unquiet Minds.” Remembering the Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

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The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

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Footnotes All the Way Down: How Russian Poetry Mines the Past to Reveal the Present

Footnotes All the Way Down: How Russian Poetry Mines the Past to Reveal the Present

Forrest Gander Remembers Two Innovative Moscow Poets, Nina Iskrenko and Alexander Yeremenko

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Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

Alex Hannaford Considers the Rapidly Changing Face of a Once-Affordable Artistic and Cultural Center

By Alex Hannaford | October 1, 2024

A Precarious Arrangement: On Appearance, Coloniality and the Creation of the Self

A Precarious Arrangement: On Appearance, Coloniality and the Creation of the Self

Dionne Brand: “I now recognize myself as authored, altered. As selected, sorted, from a series of selves.”

By Dionne Brand | October 1, 2024

Encounters with the Local Possum; Or, How Safety Can Hide Wonder from Us

Encounters with the Local Possum; Or, How Safety Can Hide Wonder from Us

Jarod K. Anderson Rediscovers Awe

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Looking After the Books: Remembering Children’s Author Joan Aiken

Looking After the Books: Remembering Children’s Author Joan Aiken

Lizza Aiken on the Responsibility of Maintaining Her Mother's Literary Legacy

By Lizza Aiken | September 30, 2024

“Good Medicine and a Very Bad Drug...” Reckoning With the Deadly Duality of Fentanyl

“Good Medicine and a Very Bad Drug...” Reckoning With the Deadly Duality of Fentanyl

Ryan Hampton Considers Addiction, Recovery, and the Human Cost of the Drug Crisis in America

By Ryan Hampton | September 26, 2024

I Wrote a Trans Memoir Without Even Knowing It (at First)

I Wrote a Trans Memoir Without Even Knowing It (at First)

Oliver Radclyffe on the Long and Winding Road to Publication Day

By Oliver Radclyffe | September 25, 2024

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