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On One of the Great Dutch Novels of Social Reform

On One of the Great Dutch Novels of Social Reform

How Eduard Douwes Dekker's Max Havelaar Led to a Revolution

By Pramoedya Ananta Toer | July 25, 2019

Love, Death, and the Birds of Terry Tempest Williams

Love, Death, and the Birds of Terry Tempest Williams

Randon Billings Noble: What of the Raven, What of the Dove?

By Randon Billings Noble | July 24, 2019

On My 42-Year Correspondence with W.S. Merwin

On My 42-Year Correspondence with W.S. Merwin

Howard Norman Reflects on the Collective Meaning of 416 Letters

By Howard Norman | July 24, 2019

Please Take This Summer to Become Obsessed<br> With <em>The Group</em>

Please Take This Summer to Become Obsessed
With The Group

Mary McMarthy's 1960s Novel About the 1930s Feels Like 2019

By Mikaella Clements | July 23, 2019

My Life as Poet Laureate (of a Law Firm)

My Life as Poet Laureate (of a Law Firm)

Elizabeth Bales Frank on the Pleasures and Perils of Introducing Attorneys to Poetry

By Elizabeth Bales Frank | July 23, 2019

Was <em>The Odyssey</em> the First Greek Novel?

Was The Odyssey the First Greek Novel?

Michael Wood Reintroduces Robert Graves's Homer's Daughter

By Michael Wood | July 22, 2019

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George Orwell and More in the Borderlands of Life and Death

By Andrew Ervin | July 22, 2019

A Poet and a Novelist Discuss the Literary Allure of Outer Space

By Zach Powers and Gale Marie Thompson | July 19, 2019

My Niece Is Probably the Reincarnation of Shirley Jackson

By CJ Hauser | July 18, 2019

The Fictional Singer-Songwriter Who Got Her Own Real Album

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Laura Barnett on Creating the Musician She'd Always Dreamed About

By Laura Barnett | July 18, 2019

How Contemporary Poetry Treats the Old Myths of the American Railroad

How Contemporary Poetry Treats the Old Myths of the American Railroad

Thomas Dai on the Poems of Kai Carlson-Wee and Jenny Xie

By Thomas Dai | July 17, 2019

Mukoma Wa Ngugi: On the Poem That Made Me Fall in Love with Words

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A Close Reading of Sonia Sanchez's "Poem at Thirty"

By Mukoma Wa Ngugi | July 17, 2019

What Hemingway Cut From <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls</em>

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Brazil's History Is Ahead of It, Not Behind

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Geovani Martins on Finding Joy in a Beautiful, Struggling Nation

By Geovani Martins | July 16, 2019

A.S. Byatt on Iris Murdoch's <br><em>The Bell</em>

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An Object Lesson in Naming Novels: Iris Murdoch's<br> <em>The Sea, The Sea</em>

An Object Lesson in Naming Novels: Iris Murdoch's
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The Novel So Nice They Named It Twice

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