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On Hope, Resilience, and Denial in the Great State of California

On Hope, Resilience, and Denial in the Great State of California

"The inheritance of California is half-gorgeous, half-deadly."

By Kendra Atleework | July 15, 2020

Love Letters, Libertines, and Last Words During the French Revolution

Love Letters, Libertines, and Last Words During the French Revolution

Edmund White Wishes Us All a Happy Bastille Day

By Edmund White | July 14, 2020

Joshua Bennett on the Use of Animals in the Work of Black Writers

Joshua Bennett on the Use of Animals in the Work of Black Writers

Of Subjugation and Ownership

By Joshua Bennett | July 13, 2020

Traveling Through Spain As It Grapples With Its Fascist Past

Traveling Through Spain As It Grapples With Its Fascist Past

Sofia Perez Visits Literary Salamanca

By Sofia Perez | July 13, 2020

Fukushima During Coronavirus: Life in Double Isolation

Fukushima During Coronavirus: Life in Double Isolation

Yu Miri's View From the Railways of Japan

By Yu Miri | July 10, 2020

On Deadly Policing and the 1979 Southall Protests

On Deadly Policing and the 1979 Southall Protests

An Anti-Racist Demonstration and the Death of Blair Peach

By David Renton | July 10, 2020

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In His Life and Writing, Robert D. Richardson Was Precise and Compassionate

By Megan Marshall | July 10, 2020

Philosophies of Distance and Proximity: Who Are We When We're Alone?

By Corina Stan | July 9, 2020

André Aciman Follows Literary Ghosts in St. Petersburg

By André Aciman | July 9, 2020

The Men Who Brought Political Radicalism to Oscar Wilde

The Men Who Brought Political Radicalism to Oscar Wilde

On John Ruskin, William Morris, and the Nascent Anarchism of a Literary Icon

By Kristian Williams | July 9, 2020

Tear Them Down: <br>Siri Hustvedt on Old Statues, Bad Science, and Ideas That Just Won't Die

Tear Them Down:
Siri Hustvedt on Old Statues, Bad Science, and Ideas That Just Won't Die

From the Confederacy to Eugenics the American Past is All Too Present

By Siri Hustvedt | July 8, 2020

Why Does the Richest Country in the World Rely on Volunteers for Emergency Healthcare?

Why Does the Richest Country in the World Rely on Volunteers for Emergency Healthcare?

Maya Alexandri on the Life of an EMT on the Frontlines of a Pandemic

By Maya Alexandri | July 8, 2020

On Saul Bellow's Celebration of the Messy and Manic

On Saul Bellow's Celebration of the Messy and Manic

Brian Castleberry Rereads the Man Who Taught Him to Write

By Brian Castleberry | July 7, 2020

For Florida, Wartime Has Always Been Boomtime

For Florida, Wartime Has Always Been Boomtime

Kent Russell Makes His Way Through the Sunshine State

By Kent Russell | July 7, 2020

In Early Modern Europe, Reading and Writing Meant Getting Your Hands Dirty

In Early Modern Europe, Reading and Writing Meant Getting Your Hands Dirty

Anthony Grafton: When Writing Could Be Back-Breaking Work

By Anthony Grafton | July 6, 2020

Dear Black America: <br> A Letter From Tracy K. Smith

Dear Black America:
A Letter From Tracy K. Smith

"We revel in the depth and the flair and the belief and the secrecy of Blackness."

By Tracy K. Smith | July 2, 2020

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