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Who Has the Right to Be a Writer?

Who Has the Right to Be a Writer?

Stewart Sinclair on What It Means (and Takes) to Have a Career in Writing

By Stewart Sinclair | December 12, 2019

Revelation and Return: Sixty Years of Grace Paley’s <em>The Little Disturbances of Man</em>

Revelation and Return: Sixty Years of Grace Paley’s The Little Disturbances of Man

Justin Taylor Revisits an Essential American Writer

By Justin Taylor | December 11, 2019

A Brief Contemporary History of Nairobi's Literary House Parties

A Brief Contemporary History of Nairobi's Literary House Parties

Carey Baraka on the Formation of a Vibrant Intellectual Scene

By Carey Baraka | December 11, 2019

How Cleanliness and Beauty Became Intertwined<br> in the 18th Century

How Cleanliness and Beauty Became Intertwined
in the 18th Century

Peter Ward on the Rise of Self-Help, the Literature of
Advice, and More

By Peter Ward | December 11, 2019

The Makings of Grace Paley: Writer, Activist, Feminist

The Makings of Grace Paley: Writer, Activist, Feminist

Judith Arcana on the Writer's Upbringing, Marriage, Motherhood, and Career

By Judith Arcana | December 11, 2019

The Light As She Saw It: On Sitting in Emily Dickinson's Bedroom

The Light As She Saw It: On Sitting in Emily Dickinson's Bedroom

Poetic Power of Place ">Biographer Julie Dobrow on "Footstepping" and the
Poetic Power of Place

By Julie Dobrow | December 11, 2019

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Recognizing the Enduring Whiteness of Jane Austen

By Marcos Gonsalez | December 11, 2019

How to Write with Optimism About Nature
(in a Time of Disaster)

By Tobias Carroll | December 11, 2019

Siri Hustvedt on Panpsychism’s Shifting Foundations

By Siri Hustvedt | December 10, 2019

What Audre Lorde Learned in Berlin About Afro-German Identity

What Audre Lorde Learned in Berlin About Afro-German Identity

Gabrielle Hickmon Explores a Seminal Work of
Global Feminism, Showing Our Colours

By Gabrielle Hickmon | December 10, 2019

Ignoble: On the Trail of Peter Handke’s Bosnian Illusions

Ignoble: On the Trail of Peter Handke’s Bosnian Illusions

John Erik Riley Takes the Long Road to Srebrenica

By John Erik Riley | December 9, 2019

Umberto Eco on the Elusive Concept of Ugliness

Umberto Eco on the Elusive Concept of Ugliness

Considering the Relativity of Beauty in Human History

By Umberto Eco | December 9, 2019

The Default of American Fiction Can No Longer Be White and Male

The Default of American Fiction Can No Longer Be White and Male

Nadeem Zaman on Being a South-Asian Writer in America

By Nadeem Zaman | December 9, 2019

Ophelia and After: Inventing the<br> Lonely Literary Woman

Ophelia and After: Inventing the
Lonely Literary Woman

Cleo Qian on Vivian Gornick, Ottessa Moshfegh, Sayaka Murata, and More

By Cleo Qian | December 6, 2019

The Letters of Ralph Ellison: On the Making of a Literary Giant

The Letters of Ralph Ellison: On the Making of a Literary Giant

John F. Callahan Looks at What Decades of Correspondence Can Reveal

By John F. Callahan | December 6, 2019

The Unapologetic Politics <br>of Howard Fast

The Unapologetic Politics
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Mark Harris on the Writer Who Stood Up to Joseph McCarthy

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