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“Scary, Stunning and Sublime.” Kathleen Rooney Recommends Nine Great Books About Survival at Sea

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Is <em>Moby-Dick</em> the Greatest American Novel?

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A Poet’s Account of the Power of the Yodel

A Poet’s Account of the Power of the Yodel

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How Etel Adnan Shaped a Generation of Poets

How Etel Adnan Shaped a Generation of Poets

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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Soman Chainani on the Dream of a Young President

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Will “American” Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own?

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Let Maggie Gyllenhaal Adapt The Bell Jar, You Cowards

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