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How to Fictionalize the World's Greatest World Record Holder

How to Fictionalize the World's Greatest World Record Holder

In Which a Man Is Willingly Kicked 43 Times in the Groin

By Stephen Kelman | February 19, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Katherine A. Powers on T. J. Stiles' <em>Custer's Trials</em>

30 Books in 30 Days: Katherine A. Powers on T. J. Stiles' Custer's Trials

COUNTING DOWN THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS FINALISTS

By Katherine A. Powers | February 19, 2016

Janet Malcolm: Biased, Mean, and Brilliant

Janet Malcolm: Biased, Mean, and Brilliant

Why Our Best Biographer Hates the New Ted Hughes Biography

By Bridget Read | January 26, 2016

A Day in the Life of a West Virginia Coal Miner

A Day in the Life of a West Virginia Coal Miner

Cave-ins, explosions, and hard, brutal work

By James Green | January 25, 2016

David Bowie, Visitor to Planet Earth

David Bowie, Visitor to Planet Earth

On The Man Who Fell to Earth, and Bowie the Actor

By Hugo Wilcken | January 12, 2016

Writers at Work: The Year in Collected Essays

Writers at Work: The Year in Collected Essays

On 12 Books (and 4,554 Pages) by Journalists, Critics, Columnists, and Contributors

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 14, 2015

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The Moment That Changed the Cold War

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A Woman Alone in China

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The Original Native American Memoirist

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By Charles Eastman | October 12, 2015

The Odd, True Love of Vic Chesnutt and Kristin Hersh

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Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell

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The Life and Times of Alfred A. Knopf

The Life and Times of Alfred A. Knopf

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The Invention of Nature

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Honor Moore: Beautiful, Beautiful

Honor Moore: Beautiful, Beautiful

An Essay About Hair, Its Glory, Its Fate

By Honor Moore | September 22, 2015

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