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The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

Political Parables of 19th-Century Democracy

By Jack Zipes and Édouard Laboulaye | November 19, 2018

From Adderall to Opioids, the Personal Side of an American Tragedy

From Adderall to Opioids, the Personal Side of an American Tragedy

On the Silent Spread of a Nationwide Killer

By Chris McGreal | November 19, 2018

Glimpses of a Transformative Primary School in Johannesburg

Glimpses of a Transformative Primary School in Johannesburg

How Race and Class Divisions Still Shape South African Lives

By Malaika wa Azania | November 19, 2018

Literary Twitter's Best Responses to Jonathan Franzen's Rules for Writing

Literary Twitter's Best Responses to Jonathan Franzen's Rules for Writing

"He's won. Franzen's won."

By Jessie Gaynor | November 16, 2018

On the Myth of Stockholm Syndrome and Women Guerrilla Fighters

On the Myth of Stockholm Syndrome and Women Guerrilla Fighters

“In the presence of her captors, to 'act crazy' would extend the length, and brutality, of her captivity.”

By Nimmi Gowrinathan | November 16, 2018

What One Person Can Do to Get People Reading

What One Person Can Do to Get People Reading

The Story of Alvin Irby and Barbershop Books

By Matt Grant | November 16, 2018

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When Amy Hempel's Dog Was Briefly Reincarnated as a Bear

By Amy Hempel | November 16, 2018

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

By A.A. Long | November 16, 2018

The CIA-Soviet Culture Wars That Shaped American Art

By Juliana Spahr | November 16, 2018

What It's Like to Be Rejected by Your Religious Family

What It's Like to Be Rejected by Your Religious Family

Jessica Wilbanks On the Pain of "Falling from the Nest"

By Jessica Wilbanks | November 16, 2018

How Saul Bellow Reckoned with Money and Fame

How Saul Bellow Reckoned with Money and Fame

"Guys, I'm Rich. What Can I Get For You?"

By Zachary Leader | November 15, 2018

How to Arrange an 1890s-Style Shotgun Wedding

How to Arrange an 1890s-Style Shotgun Wedding

Dueling Affairs and a Scandal That Rocked Washington

By Patricia Miller | November 15, 2018

My Parents' Wedding Was Arranged.  I Wanted Something Different.

My Parents' Wedding Was Arranged. I Wanted Something Different.

Huda Al-Marashi on a Not So Typical American Love Story

By Huda Al-Marashi | November 15, 2018

Announcing the Winner of Restless Books New Immigrant Writing Prize

Announcing the Winner of Restless Books New Immigrant Writing Prize

Priyanka Champaneri for Her novel The City of Good Death

By Literary Hub | November 15, 2018

How America Remembers Emmett Till

How America Remembers Emmett Till

"Hatred could not justify child murder, but fear could."

By Elliott Gorn | November 15, 2018

Remembering Stan Lee, and the World He Created

Remembering Stan Lee, and the World He Created

Rion Amilcar Scott, Tyler Malone, and Nikesh Shukla on the Miracle of Marvel

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