Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk apparently used AI to write her latest novel.

Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk apparently used AI to write her latest novel.

By Emily Temple | May 19, 2026

A prize-winning story published in <em>Granta</em> was (very likely) written by AI.

A prize-winning story published in Granta was (very likely) written by AI.

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On Copaganda, Pinkwashing, and the Time I Almost Became an NYPD Cop

On Copaganda, Pinkwashing, and the Time I Almost Became an NYPD Cop

Steven W. Thrasher Examines the Alluring Idea of the “Good Black Cop”

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On the Run and Underground: When Your Mom’s on the FBI’s Most Wanted List

On the Run and Underground: When Your Mom’s on the FBI’s Most Wanted List

Zayd Ayers Dohrn Remembers a Childhood Spent in Hiding With His Parents

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The Man Who Reads Books For a Living (One Every Two Days)

The Man Who Reads Books For a Living (One Every Two Days)

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Heather Eng Recommends Six Books About the American Dream and Social Striving

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Wallace Shawn’s latest play is a literary triumph—even if you never see it.

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Here are the finalists for this year’s $20,000 DAG Prize for Literature.

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15 Graduation Gifts for English Majors

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Beyond Man U: One Man’s Journey Into the Depths of English Football’s Lower Divisions

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Translator Beware: On the Myth of the Finicky English Reader

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Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

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Katherine Kelaidis on the Russian Writers Defying Putin's Regime from Abroad

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How <em>Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman</em> Redefined Daytime Television

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Mayukh Sen on the Subversive Power of a 1970s Soap Opera

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