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The Tracks

On the Suicide-By-Train Epidemic in Affluent Chicago

By Jenn Shapland | August 27, 2015

Moral Panic and the Myth of Recovered Memory

Moral Panic and the Myth of Recovered Memory

More Harm Than Good, in the Name of the Children

By Richard Beck | August 18, 2015

<em>Lolita</em>: From Transgressive Lit to Pop Iconography

Lolita: From Transgressive Lit to Pop Iconography

Or How We Ended Up with Lana Del Rey

By Rebecca Brill | August 18, 2015

Memorializing the Unknown Dead

Memorializing the Unknown Dead

On Revisiting Portsmouth's African Burying Ground

By Wendy S. Walters | August 12, 2015

A Very Brief History of Police Killings in the U.S.

A Very Brief History of Police Killings in the U.S.

After Michael Brown: Metta Sáma

By Metta Sáma | August 11, 2015

Rise of the Narco, Fall of the Vocho

Rise of the Narco, Fall of the Vocho

AN ELEGY FOR THE TWILIGHT YEARS OF MEXICO’S LATE PARTY DICTATORSHIP

By Álvaro Enrigue | August 5, 2015

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By Literary Hub | July 22, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Of Plunder and the Killing Fields

By Ta-Nehisi Coates | July 16, 2015

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Desire Lines: From Slave Ships to the 9th Ward

Desire Lines: From Slave Ships to the 9th Ward

Traveling the Hidden Paths of History

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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Renting the American Dream

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Renting the American Dream

Nick Carraway's Old House is For Sale!

By Alex Brunkhorst | June 30, 2015

Bohumil Hrabal: Of Beer, Whores, and Samizdat

Bohumil Hrabal: Of Beer, Whores, and Samizdat

On the Greatest Czech Writer of the Past Century

By Joshua Cohen | June 30, 2015

The Strand in Pictures

The Strand in Pictures

Looking Back at 88 years and 18 miles of books

By Interview with a Bookstore | June 29, 2015

Beyond Gay Marriage

Beyond Gay Marriage

Michelangelo Signorile on Backlash and the Ongoing Fight for LGBT Rights

By Alexander Chee | June 26, 2015

The Evolution of the Great Gay Novel

The Evolution of the Great Gay Novel

From Homer to Larry Kramer

By Rebecca Brill | June 26, 2015

When James Joyce Met Sylvia Beach

When James Joyce Met Sylvia Beach

On the Chance Encounter That Changed Literature Forever

By Kevin Birmingham | June 16, 2015

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