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Writing a Novel of Things Unattained

Writing a Novel of Things Unattained

Zaina Arafat on Living and Writing Without Shame

By Zaina Arafat | June 16, 2020

On Writing a Collective Poem in Response to Chicago Gun Violence

On Writing a Collective Poem in Response to Chicago Gun Violence

Thousands of Shootings. 100 Poets. 1 Poem.

By Chris Green | June 16, 2020

On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical

On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical "Nice Guy" Cop

Meet Mr. Bucket, Embodiment of Dickens' Misgivings About Police

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 12, 2020

On the Resolute Nihilism of a True End Times Classic

On the Resolute Nihilism of a True End Times Classic

Liam Pieper Rereads Nevil Shute's On the Beach

By Liam Pieper | June 11, 2020

How JK Rowling Betrayed the World<br> She Created

How JK Rowling Betrayed the World
She Created

Gabrielle Bellot on Transphobia and Growing Up with the Harry Potter Universe

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 10, 2020

On the Radical Afterlives of William Wordsworth

On the Radical Afterlives of William Wordsworth

A Poet Who Inspired a Generation of Naturalists and Artists

By Jonathan Bate | June 10, 2020

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How Yusuf Idris's Stories Upended Respectability Politics in Egypt

By Ezzedine C. Fishere | June 10, 2020

Elias Khoury's Unique Vision of Civil War Lebanon

By Abdo Wazen | June 9, 2020

Passion and Patience: On the Timeless Virtues of Marguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian

By Dave Lucas | June 8, 2020

The Latest Incarnation of Shirley Jackson on the Big Screen is Basically Fan Fiction

The Latest Incarnation of Shirley Jackson on the Big Screen is Basically Fan Fiction

And It's Great!

By Emily Temple | June 8, 2020

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Writing and Being Haunted

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Writing and Being Haunted

With Jaquira Díaz, Mira Ptacin, Crystal Hana Kim , Iris Martin Cohen, and Michele Filgate

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Why Didn't

Why Didn't "Brazil's William Faulkner" Achieve the Same International Fame?

Padma Viswanathan on Graciliano Ramos

By Padma Viswanathan | June 3, 2020

The Interview That Adrienne Rich Never Wanted Published

The Interview That Adrienne Rich Never Wanted Published

Patrice Vecchione on Talking with Rich About Spirituality

By Patrice Vecchione | June 2, 2020

How Mary Oppen Rewrote the Role of the Artist’s Wife

How Mary Oppen Rewrote the Role of the Artist’s Wife

In Just One Book She Wrote a Life's Worth of Energy

By Abby Walthausen | May 28, 2020

John Barth Deserves a Wider Audience

John Barth Deserves a Wider Audience

Happy 90th Birthday to the Author of The Sot-Weed Factor

By John Domini | May 27, 2020

The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson's Life

The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson's Life

At a Crossroads, She Sought Another Writer's Counsel

By Martha Ackmann | May 26, 2020

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