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Six Novels That Capture Detroit, Past and Present

Six Novels That Capture Detroit, Past and Present

Jodie Adams Kirshner on Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Jeffrey Eugenides, and More

By Jodie Adams Kirshner | November 27, 2019

How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

Alireza Taheri Araghi on Trying to Find His Home Through a Screen

By Ali Araghi | November 26, 2019

Two Graphic Novels Ask: <br>Why Have Children in an Uncertain World?

Two Graphic Novels Ask:
Why Have Children in an Uncertain World?

On Climate Collapse, Alienation, and the Ethics of Becoming a Parent

By Michelle Delgado | November 25, 2019

Meditations on a Sunday Morning While Driving on Sunset Boulevard

Meditations on a Sunday Morning While Driving on Sunset Boulevard

Sam Farahmand on the Endless Expanses of Language and Los Angeles

By Sam Farahmand | November 25, 2019

Naguib Mahfouz's Daughter Fights to Preserve Her Father's Legacy

Naguib Mahfouz's Daughter Fights to Preserve Her Father's Legacy

Karim Zidan on Dealing with the Fast and Loose
World of Egyptian Publishing

By Karim Zidan | November 25, 2019

The Long History of Afrogoth, from Toni Morrison to M. Lamar

The Long History of Afrogoth, from Toni Morrison to M. Lamar

Leila Taylor in Conversation with M. Lamar on Afropunk and Gothic Music and Lit (Also, a Playlist!)

By Literary Hub | November 25, 2019

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Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

By Alyssa Hull | November 22, 2019

How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame

By Norman Lebrecht | November 22, 2019

Is the Debutante One of the Most Misunderstood Characters in Literature?

By Maitreyi Anantharaman | November 21, 2019

Who Were the Scribes Who Actually Wrote Down the <em>Epic of Gilgamesh</em>?

Who Were the Scribes Who Actually Wrote Down the Epic of Gilgamesh?

The Longest Poem-in-Progress of All Time...

By Michael Schmidt | November 21, 2019

On Rediscovering the Natural World Through Ovid

On Rediscovering the Natural World Through Ovid

Nina MacLaughlin is Seeing Green

By Nina MacLaughlin | November 20, 2019

How the Vietnam War Changed<br> Political Poetry

How the Vietnam War Changed
Political Poetry

Daniel H. Weiss on Michael O'Donnell, Deer Hunter, and the Arts That Disillusioned Soldiers Turned to

By Daniel H. Weiss | November 20, 2019

What the Retelling of Myths Reveals of the Teller

What the Retelling of Myths Reveals of the Teller

Jennifer S. Cheng on Writing about the Moon Goddess Chang'E

By Jennifer S. Cheng | November 20, 2019

On the Books That Most Influenced the Great David Bowie

On the Books That Most Influenced the Great David Bowie

Genius Recognizes Genius

By John O'Connell | November 19, 2019

Reading Albert Woodfox's <em>Solitary</em> While Being Detained at Guantánamo

Reading Albert Woodfox's Solitary While Being Detained at Guantánamo

Ahmed Rabbani: "My overwhelming sense is one of sorrow."

By Literary Hub | November 19, 2019

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

David Lindsay Roberts Considers the Career of E.T. Bell

By David Lindsay Roberts | November 19, 2019

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