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On the Decision to Make Patrick Bateman a Serial Killer

On the Decision to Make Patrick Bateman a Serial Killer

Life in Manhattan, c. 1987: From Bret Easton Ellis's White

By Bret Easton Ellis | April 16, 2019

A Poem from Forrest Gander's <em>Be With</em>, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

A Poem from Forrest Gander's Be With, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

'And into / what do you stumble / but this violet / extinction?'

By Forrest Gander | April 15, 2019

What Does <em>Ulysses</em> Tell Us About<br> Pete Buttigieg?

What Does Ulysses Tell Us About
Pete Buttigieg?

On Judging a Candidate By What They Read

By Tyler Malone | April 15, 2019

25 of the Best Covers for Ralph Ellison’s <em>Invisible Man</em>

25 of the Best Covers for Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

On the Novel's 67th Birthday

By Emily Temple | April 15, 2019

17 Writers on the Role of Fiction in Addressing Climate Change

17 Writers on the Role of Fiction in Addressing Climate Change

Lydia Millet, Jeff VanderMeer, and More on the Author's Responsibility to a Planet in Crisis

By Amy Brady | April 15, 2019

Why Are So Many Fictional Teens <br>Entering Cults?

Why Are So Many Fictional Teens
Entering Cults?

Katherine Cusumano on Their (Our?) Search for Answers

By Katherine Cusumano | April 15, 2019

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The Timeless Appeal of an American (Library) in Paris

By Audrey Chapuis | April 15, 2019

Where Grizzly Bears and Hobby Farmers Come Face to Face

By Bryce Andrews | April 15, 2019

Tragedies of Ambition: On the Fine Art of American Sportswriting

By Wright Thompson | April 12, 2019

The CIA Scheme That Brought <br><em>Doctor Zhivago</em> to The World

The CIA Scheme That Brought
Doctor Zhivago to The World

It Went All the Way to the Top

By Rebecca Renner | April 12, 2019

Surviving False Dawns: On Joy Division and Life in a Far Distant Suburb

Surviving False Dawns: On Joy Division and Life in a Far Distant Suburb

Justine Hyde Escapes Into the World of Ian Curtis

By Justine Hyde | April 12, 2019

8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature

8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature

From Coast to Coast, Old School to New

By Will Ashon | April 12, 2019

Reading Neruda and Learning to Heal My Diasporic Wounds

Reading Neruda and Learning to Heal My Diasporic Wounds

Javier Zamora on How Poetry Helped Him Break the Silence

By Javier Zamora | April 12, 2019

Ruth Reichl, Redeeming the Twitter Hellscape One Tweet at a Time

Ruth Reichl, Redeeming the Twitter Hellscape One Tweet at a Time

Maybe We Can Have Nice Things After All

By Jason Diamond | April 11, 2019

How to Unsettle People by<br> Doing Nothing

How to Unsettle People by
Doing Nothing

Jenny Odell: In Celebration of a Small Rebellion

By Jenny Odell | April 11, 2019

Lizzie Post Got Stoned Every Day to Write About Pot Etiquette

Lizzie Post Got Stoned Every Day to Write About Pot Etiquette

On the Manners Around Cannabis Use

By Eric Vilas-Boas | April 11, 2019

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