Adam Gopnik on the Ur-Gentrification Story of Place des Vosges

Adam Gopnik on the Ur-Gentrification Story of Place des Vosges

“It soon became apparent they were worth more as residences than as manufacturing spaces.”

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Why Wasn't Great American Novelist Jane Smiley on the Cover of a Magazine?

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Rumaan Alam on How We Still Judge Women Writers By a Different Standard

By Rumaan Alam | April 11, 2016

Women in Publishing 100 Years Ago: A Historical VIDA Count

Women in Publishing 100 Years Ago: A Historical VIDA Count

Representation and Gender (Im)Balance in 1916

By Rachel McCarthy James | March 31, 2016

Who Can Fictionalize Slavery?

Who Can Fictionalize Slavery?

On Writing Across Time and Race

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How to Be a Whaler's Wife in 1908: Boil Everything, Wash the Clothes in Gin

How to Be a Whaler's Wife in 1908: Boil Everything, Wash the Clothes in Gin

Shirley Barrett Goes Deep into the Domestic Research

By Shirley Barrett | March 23, 2016

Donald Trump's Sentimental Journey to the Top

Donald Trump's Sentimental Journey to the Top

Revisiting Joan Didion on 90s NYC, to Make Sense of Present Day America

By Kristen Martin | March 22, 2016

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