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A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster

A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster

Sarah Abrevaya Stein on the Great Fire of Salonica

By Sarah Abrevaya Stein | November 22, 2019

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Jacqueline Woodson, Valeria Luiselli, Miriam Toews, and More

By Reading Women | November 20, 2019

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

David Lindsay Roberts Considers the Career of E.T. Bell

By David Lindsay Roberts | November 19, 2019

The Education of a Civil Rights Hero

The Education of a Civil Rights Hero

Dovey Johnson Roundtree on Life at Spelman College

By Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe | November 19, 2019

Robert Polito on the Art of Iconoclastic Film Critic Manny Farber

Robert Polito on the Art of Iconoclastic Film Critic Manny Farber

“Much as his criticism resists paraphrase, Manny’s paintings after 1972 elude ready description.”

By Robert Polito | November 18, 2019

On the Humorous Surrealism <br>of Mimi Parent

On the Humorous Surrealism
of Mimi Parent

Penelope Rosemont Remembers Her Friend,
the "Aeronaut of Invisible Spaces"

By Penelope Rosemont | November 14, 2019

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Broken Heart? Immanuel Kant is Here to Help

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Inside the Artist Studio of Georges Braque

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On the Build-Up to the Legendary Baldwin-Buckley Debates

By Nicholas Buccola | November 12, 2019

Elizabeth Bishop in Key West, Island of Her Dreams

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On a 20th-Century Writers' Paradise

By Thomas Travisano | November 12, 2019

On the Difficulty of Convincing Samuel Beckett of Just About Anything

On the Difficulty of Convincing Samuel Beckett of Just About Anything

Deirdre Bair, Biographer of Record, Recalls Their First Meeting

By Deirdre Bair | November 11, 2019

The Wild, Impassioned World of Anaïs Nin's Diaries

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Revolutionary Writing That Bridged the Public and Private

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Hans Fallada, the Anti-Nazi Writer Who Reluctantly Served the Reich

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When You Live in Interesting Times, Nothing is Apolitical

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Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Nonfiction Award

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Mira Jacob, T Kira Madden, Jennine Capó Crucet, and More

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Nancy Pelosi on Looking to Eleanor Roosevelt for Hope

Nancy Pelosi on Looking to Eleanor Roosevelt for Hope

"We all could use Roosevelt’s wisdom, every day."

By Nancy Pelosi | November 5, 2019

On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a<br> Post-Truth Age

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