Who Gets To Be <em>Bossypants</em>? On Class and Privilege in Female Comedians’ Memoirs

Who Gets To Be Bossypants? On Class and Privilege in Female Comedians’ Memoirs

Sarah Jaffe on Ellie Kemper, Tina Fey, and Tiffany Haddish

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On Reimagining the Limitless Potential of the Literary Western

On Reimagining the Limitless Potential of the Literary Western

Gordy Sauer Recommends Books by Téa Obreht, Hernan Diaz, and More

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On the Art of the Query: How the Best Kinds of Questions Move Beyond Objectivity

On the Art of the Query: How the Best Kinds of Questions Move Beyond Objectivity

Amy Wright Wonders “What We Can Bear to Learn?”

By Amy Wright | August 27, 2021

How Come We Don’t Know More About the Largest Labor Battle in the History of the United States?

How Come We Don’t Know More About the Largest Labor Battle in the History of the United States?

Jeffrey Webb Revisits the Battle for Blair Mountain

By Jeffrey Webb | August 27, 2021

How an Irish Syntactical Peculiarity Helped Me Find My Protagonist’s Voice

How an Irish Syntactical Peculiarity Helped Me Find My Protagonist’s Voice

Kia Corthron on the Challenges of Dialect in Historical Fiction

By Kia Corthron | August 27, 2021

Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Doireann Ní Ghríofa's A Ghost in the Throat

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | August 26, 2021

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JRR Tolkien Invented the Term “Eucatastrophe.” What Does It Mean?

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Jonathan Walker on the Consequences of Christian Narrative

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The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

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Arthur Sze, Lia Purpura, and More Writers Choose Their Favorites

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The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

Remembering a Dear Friend Through His Work

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Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life

Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life

Steve Edwards on Kathryn Schulz, Donald Hall, and the Things We Miss

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