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8 Gilded Age Stories That Predicted the Future

8 Gilded Age Stories That Predicted the Future

These Writers Foresaw Solar Power, the Internet, and Vaping

By Stephanie Gorton | February 28, 2019

On the Overdue Evolution of Immigrant Narratives

On the Overdue Evolution of Immigrant Narratives

"Immigrant literature is a redundant category."

By Irina Reyn | February 28, 2019

Now is the Time for Equity Journalism

Now is the Time for Equity Journalism

Melissa Chadburn Challenges Traditional Approaches to Reporting

By Melissa Chadburn | February 27, 2019

Geoff Dyer Goes Deep on WWII Classic <em>Where Eagles Dare</em>

Geoff Dyer Goes Deep on WWII Classic Where Eagles Dare

The Break-Down You Didn't Know You Needed

By Geoff Dyer | February 26, 2019

If de Tocqueville Predicted Twitter, Balzac Knew Trump Would Use It

If de Tocqueville Predicted Twitter, Balzac Knew Trump Would Use It

Liesl Schillinger on Reading Balzac in the Age of Trump

By Liesl Schillinger | February 26, 2019

The Black Women Who Wrote America's Earliest Autofiction

The Black Women Who Wrote America's Earliest Autofiction

On Following a Radical Lineage Back to the Slave Narrative

By Maryam Kazeem | February 25, 2019

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On David Foster Wallace's Obsession With Failure

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On the Iconic First Line of <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em>

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On Kate Bush's Radical Interpretation of <em>Wuthering Heights</em>

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The Death of a Symbol: How Western Writers Exploit the Tiger

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Sense <em>or</em> Sensibility... What if Jane Austen Had to Choose?

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