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On Time, Baseball, and the Cruel Hope of Opening Day

On Time, Baseball, and the Cruel Hope of Opening Day

Mark Kingwell Measures Out Life Inning by Inning

By Mark Kingwell | March 31, 2017

Don't Call Slaves

Don't Call Slaves "Immigrants"

The truth requires specificity that is sometimes violent and ugly

By Dionne Ford | March 31, 2017

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

Colson Whitehead, Angela Davis, George Saunders, Elena Ferrante & More

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2017

Playlist for a Classic Novel: <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

Playlist for a Classic Novel: To the Lighthouse

10 songs for Virginia Woolf's classic (the First in a Series)

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2017

50 Fascinating Works of Angela Carter Fan Art

50 Fascinating Works of Angela Carter Fan Art

Cats & Keys, Blood & Breasts, Wolves & Women

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2017

Constant Stimulation and Cocktails at the 2017 PEN Literary Awards

Constant Stimulation and Cocktails at the 2017 PEN Literary Awards

In which the night, like all good nights, ends on a secret

By Kyle Lucia Wu | March 29, 2017

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In Which Angela Carter Gives No F*cks

By Edmund Gordon | March 29, 2017

Juan Pablo Villalobos Volunteers the Nation of Mexico to Build Trump's Wall

By Juan Pablo Villalobos | March 29, 2017

Independent Bookstore as Essential Political Act

By Veronica Esposito | March 28, 2017

Leaving the Village: Xiaolu Guo on a Traumatic Uprooting

Leaving the Village: Xiaolu Guo on a Traumatic Uprooting

"That place made me a hard person, a stoic and even merciless person"

By Xiaolu Guo | March 28, 2017

Watch the PEN America Literary Awards LIVE!

Watch the PEN America Literary Awards LIVE!

By Literary Hub | March 27, 2017

Crime and the City: Visiting Amsterdam's Dark Side

Crime and the City: Visiting Amsterdam's Dark Side

Exploring the Netherlands Capital through its Robust Crime Literature

By Paul French | March 27, 2017

Why Literature and Pop Culture Still Can't Get the Midwest Right

Why Literature and Pop Culture Still Can't Get the Midwest Right

On Representations of a Region That Has Never Truly Known Itself

By Amanda Arnold | March 27, 2017

How to Stop a Heart and Fix a Brain

How to Stop a Heart and Fix a Brain

Brain Surgery Might Actually Be Harder Than Rocket Science

By Tony Bartelme | March 27, 2017

Red Shoes, Pink Dresses, and the Glamour of the Whiting Awards

Red Shoes, Pink Dresses, and the Glamour of the Whiting Awards

In Which a Man Threatens to Eat a Giant Loaf of Bread

By Kyle Lucia Wu | March 24, 2017

The Return by Hisham Matar

The Return by Hisham Matar

"It took me time to understand the implications of Father’s actions"

By Literary Hub | March 24, 2017

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