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The Scientific Case for Calling the President a Motherf*cker

The Scientific Case for Calling the President a Motherf*cker

Emma Byrne on the Rhetorical Power of Profanity

By Emma Byrne | January 11, 2019

"When It Comes to This Fleshed Neck"

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By Deborah Landau | January 11, 2019

On the Excavation of My Desk

On the Excavation of My Desk

David Ulin Digs Through Stacks of Memories, Literal and Figurative

By David L. Ulin | January 10, 2019

Meet the Writer Who Chased Eve Babitz All Over Hollywood

Meet the Writer Who Chased Eve Babitz All Over Hollywood

How Lili Anolik Finally Got Her Subject to Talk

By Zan Romanoff | January 10, 2019

How Do You Set James Joyce’s Most Famous Story on the Stage?

How Do You Set James Joyce’s Most Famous Story on the Stage?

Feasting with the Ghosts of “The Dead”

By Leslie Pariseau | January 10, 2019

Why Does Women's Writing About Relationships Need to be “Relatable”?

Why Does Women's Writing About Relationships Need to be “Relatable”?

Hint: It's a Word Men Use to Describe Their Writing in Order to Diminish It

By Blythe Roberson | January 10, 2019

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How to Design a Book Cover... Backwards?

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Gabriel García Márquez Remembers His Dearest Friend, Julio Cortázar

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How Zora Neale Hurston Helped Create the First Realistic Black Baby Doll

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The Intersectionality Wars: Does the Term Even Mean Anything Anymore?

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When Privilege Confronts Its Past: On the Mexican-American Dream

When Privilege Confronts Its Past: On the Mexican-American Dream

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