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Here are the seven writers who just won MacArthur

Here are the seven writers who just won MacArthur "genius" grants.

By Emily Temple | September 25, 2019

How Rainbow Rowell Weaponized Fandom for Good

How Rainbow Rowell Weaponized Fandom for Good

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By Dana Schwartz | September 25, 2019

Bruce Springsteen's “The River” Spoke to My Working-Class Dublin

Bruce Springsteen's “The River” Spoke to My Working-Class Dublin

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By Dermot Bolger | September 25, 2019

Since When Did Animals Become Synonymous With<br> Our Grief?

Since When Did Animals Become Synonymous With
Our Grief?

“In life, as in literature, a horse is never just a horse.”

By Rebecca Renner | September 25, 2019

Elif Shafak on the Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz

Elif Shafak on the Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz

A Writer Torn Between Longing for Freedom and Loyalty to Country

By Elif Shafak | September 25, 2019

Why You Shouldn't Cross Meryl Streep on a Film Set

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Writing As Therapy: My Year of Teaching in the Locked Ward

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Friedrich Hayek: Not Exactly the Libertarian Darling He's Claimed As

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The Jazz Age Heiress Who Witnessed WWII Up Close

The Jazz Age Heiress Who Witnessed WWII Up Close

The Life and Times of Gertrude Legendre, No Ordinary Socialite

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Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Kate Angus on the Importance of Fallow Periods

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Misguided Chivalry, Disastrous Dates, and Other Cartoons

Misguided Chivalry, Disastrous Dates, and Other Cartoons

Liana Finck Draws Some Conclusions About Love

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Meditations on a Passing Eagle, and the Beauty of Desolation

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What Does It Take to Be Accepted as an American?

What Does It Take to Be Accepted as an American?

Alfredo Corchado on Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and the Horror of the El Paso Shooting

By Alfredo Corchado | September 24, 2019

Writing About the Forgotten Black Women of the Italo-Ethiopian War

Writing About the Forgotten Black Women of the Italo-Ethiopian War

Maaza Mengiste on Gender, Warfare, and Women's Bodies

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