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On John Berger and Writing As an <br>Act of Distancing

On John Berger and Writing As an
Act of Distancing

Guy Gunaratne at the Intersection of Isolation and Hope

By Guy Gunaratne | July 20, 2020

The Tenacious Constancy of<br> <em>The Merchant of Prato</em>

The Tenacious Constancy of
The Merchant of Prato

Charles Nicholl on Iris Origo and Her "Modern Classic"

By Charles Nicholl | July 20, 2020

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

Tobias Carroll on Springsteen, Orwell, Jarry and the Intersection
of Art and Politics

By Tobias Carroll | July 17, 2020

Viewing Literature as a Lab for Community Ethics

Viewing Literature as a Lab for Community Ethics

Maren Tova Linett on the Way We Value Human and Nonhuman Lives

By Maren Tova Linett | July 17, 2020

On the Diaries of Helen Garner and the Quagmire of the Fictionalized Self

On the Diaries of Helen Garner and the Quagmire of the Fictionalized Self

Madeleine Watts Navigates the Borderlands of Autofiction

By Madeleine Watts | July 16, 2020

On <em>Shapes of Native Nonfiction</em> and the Story Form of <br>Native Basketry

On Shapes of Native Nonfiction and the Story Form of
Native Basketry

Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton, with Meranda Owens, at the Field Museum of Natural History

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2020

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

By Joshua Bennett | July 13, 2020

On Being a Young Reader Attracted to the Darkest
Possible Stories

By Estelle Laure | July 13, 2020

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

By Corina Stan | July 9, 2020

'Have You Considered Socialism?' Or, The Politics of Fictional Characters

'Have You Considered Socialism?' Or, The Politics of Fictional Characters

Andrew Martin on Short Stories in the Age of Shorter News Cycles

By Andrew Martin | July 8, 2020

On Louise Erdrich, and Salvaging Wisdom From Absurdity and Injustice

On Louise Erdrich, and Salvaging Wisdom From Absurdity and Injustice

James Lenfestey on an Icon of the Native American
Literary Renaissance

By James P. Lenfestey | July 6, 2020

Even Seamus Heaney <br>Made Mistakes

Even Seamus Heaney
Made Mistakes

On Poetry, Wordsworth, and Misremembering

By Erica McAlpine | July 6, 2020

Claire G. Coleman on What Dorothy Porter's Writing Means to Her

Claire G. Coleman on What Dorothy Porter's Writing Means to Her

Criticism in Verse by the Author of Terra Nullius

By Claire G. Coleman | July 6, 2020

Rabih Alameddine Recommends Some Gay Books You Might Not Have Known Were Gay

Rabih Alameddine Recommends Some Gay Books You Might Not Have Known Were Gay

Happy Pride, Everyone

By Rabih Alameddine | June 26, 2020

Remembering Bo Huston, Who Bore Witness to the Peak of the AIDS Crisis

Remembering Bo Huston, Who Bore Witness to the Peak of the AIDS Crisis

"I’d be thrilled to be known in fifty years’ time as a minor gay writer from the 1990s."

By John McIntyre | June 26, 2020

On <em>Orlando</em>, and Virginia Woolf's Defiance of Time

On Orlando, and Virginia Woolf's Defiance of Time

“Memory is the seamstress” of our inner lives, “and a
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By Theodore Martin | June 25, 2020

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