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Double, Double: On the Unsettling Power of Doppelganger Stories

Double, Double: On the Unsettling Power of Doppelganger Stories

Padma Viswanathan Imagines Radically Different Paths Her Life Could Have Taken

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Ishion Hutchinson Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Ishion Hutchinson Is Reading Now, and Next

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By Diana Arterian | November 14, 2024

“She Is Not Me.” What Reading to Your Children Teaches You About Yourself

“She Is Not Me.” What Reading to Your Children Teaches You About Yourself

Olivia A. Cole on Representation, Parenthood and the Power of Children’s Literature

By Olivia A. Cole | November 14, 2024

A Love Song to the Philippines: The Revolutionary Power of Jessica Hagedorn’s <em>Dogeaters</em>

A Love Song to the Philippines: The Revolutionary Power of Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters

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By Patrick Rosal | November 13, 2024

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Linda Grant: “We are all made up of private family legends, we are all novels in the making.”

By Linda Grant | November 13, 2024

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On Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

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On Poetry as Historical Record, the Legacy of Colonialism, and Depicting Disaster in Verse

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Megan Pinto on Moving With Language

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Six Writers on Procrastination

Six Writers on Procrastination

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In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

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A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

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