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Confronting Death with an 8-Year-Old through <em>Harry Potter</em>

Confronting Death with an 8-Year-Old through Harry Potter

Kevin Wilson on Reading—and Not Reading—the Series with His Son

By Kevin Wilson | February 8, 2017

Reading Across America: A New Series on Literary Community

Reading Across America: A New Series on Literary Community

On the Power of Live Literature

By Penina Roth | February 7, 2017

What Remains When Your First Language Fades Away

What Remains When Your First Language Fades Away

Alexandra Burt on Losing Her Mother Tongue

By Alexandra Burt | February 7, 2017

A Running List of Good Books That Are Selling More Copies Because of Trump

A Running List of Good Books That Are Selling More Copies Because of Trump

Donald Trump: inadvertent friend to literature?

By Emily Temple | February 6, 2017

Donald Trump Has Made It Hard to Be a New England Patriots Fan

Donald Trump Has Made It Hard to Be a New England Patriots Fan

On Questioning the Reasons You Have for Loving a Sports Franchise

By Dwyer Murphy | February 3, 2017

10 Great Longform Essays About Football in American Culture

10 Great Longform Essays About Football in American Culture

Pre-Superbowl Reading—or a way to avoid it completely

By Emily Temple | February 3, 2017

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Frederic Tuten Remembers Harry Mathews

By Frederic Tuten | February 3, 2017

Weird and Hilarious Illustrations from Victorian-Era Shakespeare Plays

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Mike Scalise

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When a Promised Land Breaks Its Word

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"Real Americans" Aren't Nativist Bigots

By Evan Fleischer | February 1, 2017

The Great West Has More Than One Story to Tell

The Great West Has More Than One Story to Tell

Laura Pritchett on Life on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

By Laura Pritchett | February 1, 2017

Writing Without a Net: How Repealing the ACA Will Hurt Freelancers

Writing Without a Net: How Repealing the ACA Will Hurt Freelancers

And the Outsize Damage it Represents for Writers Already at the Margins

By Kristen Evans | January 31, 2017

<em>South Park</em> and the Dark Comedy of Our Deepest Fears

South Park and the Dark Comedy of Our Deepest Fears

Kayla Rae Whitaker on Two Decades of Vulgar Escapism

By Kayla Rae Whitaker | January 31, 2017

20 Literary Voices On What to Do Now

20 Literary Voices On What to Do Now

Lauren Groff, Yaa Gyasi, Nikki Giovanni and Others on Moving Forward and Fighting Back

By Emily Temple | January 30, 2017

Two Generations of Syrian Resistance: What Bravery Looks Like

Two Generations of Syrian Resistance: What Bravery Looks Like

Emily Robbins on the Necessity of Speaking Out Against Tyranny

By Emily Robbins | January 30, 2017

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