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The Hidden Power of the Passive Protagonist

The Hidden Power of the Passive Protagonist

Jessi Jezewska Stevens on Characters with Perpetual Potential

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Writing and Confronting Terror in the Form of a Color

Writing and Confronting Terror in the Form of a Color

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The 75 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of On the Road

"Like reading Mapquest directions for several hundred pages."

By Emily Temple | March 4, 2020

Hilary Leichter on the Derangements of Late Capitalism

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Kristin Iversen Talks to the Author of Temporary

By Kristin Iversen | March 3, 2020

What Do We Do with <em>The Age of Innocence</em> in 2020?

What Do We Do with The Age of Innocence in 2020?

Sarah Blackwood on the Lasting Insights of Edith Wharton's Classic

By Sarah Blackwood | March 3, 2020

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By Nick Ripatrazone | March 2, 2020

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How Kevin Killian Used Italian Horror Movies to Understand the AIDS Crisis

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The American Archetype of Rural Queerness Redefined

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Zee Francis Goes Deep Into the Subtext of Willa Cather's My Ántonia

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The California-Born Singer Reflects on an Iconic American Writer

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A Glimpse Inside the Best Summer of Emily Dickinson's Life

A Glimpse Inside the Best Summer of Emily Dickinson's Life

“I have worlds of things to tell you, and my pen is not swift enough...”

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A Secret Literary Love Hidden in the Margins of <em>The Price of Salt</em>

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Antonia Angress on a Very Close Reading of the Patricia Highsmith Classic

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Have We Lost Our Awe of the Flourishing Arctic?

Have We Lost Our Awe of the Flourishing Arctic?

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Jean Genet on the Hidden Heart of Jean Cocteau

Jean Genet on the Hidden Heart of Jean Cocteau

"He is not a witch, he is bewitched.”

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Why I Hide From Writerly Dread in the Pages of Self-Help

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