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Here's a rare recording of Raymond Carver reading one of his best-known stories.

Here's a rare recording of Raymond Carver reading one of his best-known stories.

By Corinne Segal | May 22, 2020

Letters of War, and the End of Youth

Letters of War, and the End of Youth

Claire Messud on Her Family's WWII Correspondence

By Claire Messud | May 22, 2020

Lauren Francis-Sharma: <br>'What if the Facts Aren't the Facts at All?'

Lauren Francis-Sharma:
'What if the Facts Aren't the Facts at All?'

On Writers of Color Confronting Historical Fiction

By Lauren Francis-Sharma | May 22, 2020

How the Black Press Battled Military Discrimination and Won

How the Black Press Battled Military Discrimination and Won

Op-Eds, Dedicated Journalism, and a Successful Campaign

By Dan C. Goldberg | May 22, 2020

A murderess, a black mass, a scandalous literary salon: Welcome to Paris in 1920.

A murderess, a black mass, a scandalous literary salon: Welcome to Paris in 1920.

By Corinne Segal | May 21, 2020

On the Revisionist Histories at the Heart of Fascism and Populism

On the Revisionist Histories at the Heart of Fascism and Populism

From Perón to Trump, the Political Art of Spinning Lies Into Myth

By Federico Finchelstein | May 21, 2020

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Travels with Barbie, From Tehran to Paris to New York

By Porochista Khakpour | May 21, 2020

The Case of Oscar Wilde's Mistaken Identity in Naples

By Renato Miracco | May 21, 2020

Great Plagues Always Hit Workers the Hardest

By Michael Robinson | May 20, 2020

Reading the Eccentric Italian Writer Who Tried to Cover Up His Fascism

Reading the Eccentric Italian Writer Who Tried to Cover Up His Fascism

Edmund White on Curzio Malaparte's Oblong Visions of the World

By Edmund White | May 20, 2020

The Life and Times of a Real Tiger Queen

The Life and Times of a Real Tiger Queen

On Mabel Stark, a Big Cat Trainer Ahead of Her Time

By Robert Hough | May 20, 2020

The Only Successful Coup in the US Began as a Campaign to Curb Black Voting Rights

The Only Successful Coup in the US Began as a Campaign to Curb Black Voting Rights

Lawrence Goldstone on the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898

By Lawrence Goldstone | May 20, 2020

One of Oscar Wilde's last stops in England before exile was a bookstore.

One of Oscar Wilde's last stops in England before exile was a bookstore.

By Aaron Robertson | May 19, 2020

On the horribly awkward night James Joyce met Marcel Proust. (I still crave literary parties.)

On the horribly awkward night James Joyce met Marcel Proust. (I still crave literary parties.)

By Jonny Diamond | May 19, 2020

The Creative Communities That Changed Literature Forever

The Creative Communities That Changed Literature Forever

Maggie Doherty on the Writerly Life, From Concord to Asheville

By Maggie Doherty | May 19, 2020

How E.M. Forster's Only Foray Into Sci-Fi Predicted Social Distancing

How E.M. Forster's Only Foray Into Sci-Fi Predicted Social Distancing

Gabrielle Bellot on the Prescient Parallels of "The Machine Stops"

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 18, 2020

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