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On <em>Not</em> Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

On Not Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

Erika Swyler on the Autobiographical Truths of Fiction

By Erika Swyler | May 3, 2019

<em>Finnegan's Wake</em> at 80: <br>In Defense of the Difficult

Finnegan's Wake at 80:
In Defense of the Difficult

On the Pleasure of Annotating One of Literature's
Most Challenging Works

By Susie Lopez | May 3, 2019

Mary Karr Thought Her Whiting Award Call Was a Prank and Hung Up

Mary Karr Thought Her Whiting Award Call Was a Prank and Hung Up

On the Life-Changing Award She Won 30 Years Ago

By Mary Karr | May 3, 2019

My Husband, My Job, Myself: A Story of Three Marriages

My Husband, My Job, Myself: A Story of Three Marriages

Sejal Shah and a Theory of Three Rings

By Sejal Shah | May 3, 2019

When white nationalists protest your bookstore

When white nationalists protest your bookstore

By Corinne Segal | May 2, 2019

From Sally Rooney to John Cheever, 6 Unforgettable Fictional Vacations

From Sally Rooney to John Cheever, 6 Unforgettable Fictional Vacations

Chip Cheek Recommends Some Vicarious Travel

By Chip Cheek | May 2, 2019

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Through Films for Black Audiences, Ousmane Sembene Spoke to All

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The Quiet Revolution in Evangelical
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Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith <br>on Their Literary Influences

Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith
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A Conversation with the Special Honorees at the Lambda Literary Awards

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Climate change and the journalists who are trying to save you.

Climate change and the journalists who are trying to save you.

By Corinne Segal | May 1, 2019

Dorothy Parker: Political Activist, Melancholic, Bootleg Scotch-Drinker

Dorothy Parker: Political Activist, Melancholic, Bootleg Scotch-Drinker

Life is Long, Wit is Brief

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These Are the Best University Press Book Designs of 2018

These Are the Best University Press Book Designs of 2018

Selections from the 2019 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show

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A Writing School for <br>Working People

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"Workers don’t need to learn about their oppression; they need a space to imagine beyond it."

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Growing Up At Ground Zero of American Apartheid

Growing Up At Ground Zero of American Apartheid

Greg Bottoms on Historical Amnesia in the American South

By Greg Bottoms | May 1, 2019

On the Great Clarice Lispector

On the Great Clarice Lispector

Benjamin Moser Introduces The Besieged City

By Benjamin Moser | April 30, 2019

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