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"mong kok, october 2019"

A Poem by Xiao Yue Shan

By Xiao Yue Shan | July 24, 2020

Arthur C. Clarke's Scientific Romances Eschew Spectacle for Dumbstruck Wonder

Arthur C. Clarke's Scientific Romances Eschew Spectacle for Dumbstruck Wonder

John Clute on Rendezvous with Rama

By John Clute | July 23, 2020

On the 19th-Century Actress Who Transformed Gender Dynamics in American Theater

On the 19th-Century Actress Who Transformed Gender Dynamics in American Theater

Tana Wojczuk on Charlotte Cushman, Loved by Whitman,
Hawthorne, Alcott and More

By Tana Wojczuk | July 23, 2020

The Complicated History of Feminism's Impact on Incarceration

The Complicated History of Feminism's Impact on Incarceration

Aya Gruber on Anti-Prostitution Sentiment and Its Implicit Racism

By Aya Gruber | July 23, 2020

Why Stories Makes Sense of Our Lives (and Relationships)

Why Stories Makes Sense of Our Lives (and Relationships)

Frank Tallis on the Anthropological View of Storytelling

By Frank Tallis | July 22, 2020

To Be the Poet of Troy: <br>An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha by Philip Metres

To Be the Poet of Troy:
An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha by Philip Metres

On Starting the Edward Said Library in the Gaza Strip

By Philip Metres | July 22, 2020

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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Oliver Stone on Bringing the Spirit of Homer's Epics to the Screen in Platoon

By Oliver Stone | July 22, 2020

The Monster That Everyone Saw and No One Cared to Talk About

By Colin Dickey | July 21, 2020

There Be Dragons. In This Essay.

By Arra Lynn Ross | July 20, 2020

The Tenacious Constancy of<br> <em>The Merchant of Prato</em>

The Tenacious Constancy of
The Merchant of Prato

Charles Nicholl on Iris Origo and Her "Modern Classic"

By Charles Nicholl | July 20, 2020

On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

Martin Shaw on Growing Up Christian with a Pagan Underbelly

By Martin Shaw | July 17, 2020

The Poets vs. The Police: On Standing Your Ground in<br> a Toronto Park

The Poets vs. The Police: On Standing Your Ground in
a Toronto Park

“In Canada, a poet, to make his way as a poet, has to be
a real tough bastard.”

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 16, 2020

The Misleading Neoliberal Promise of the Risk Expert

The Misleading Neoliberal Promise of the Risk Expert

Oliver Broudy on the Birth of the "Acceptable Risk" Class

By Oliver Broudy | July 16, 2020

On <em>Shapes of Native Nonfiction</em> and the Story Form of <br>Native Basketry

On Shapes of Native Nonfiction and the Story Form of
Native Basketry

Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton, with Meranda Owens, at the Field Museum of Natural History

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2020

Waiting for a War, Waiting to Live

Waiting for a War, Waiting to Live

Asako Serizawa on the Inheritance of Trauma

By Asako Serizawa | July 16, 2020

On the American Election to Avoid WWIII

On the American Election to Avoid WWIII

Inside the Beginning of Truman's Presidential Campaign

By A. J. Baime | July 16, 2020

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