Here are the 2024 recipients of the $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.

Here are the 2024 recipients of the $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.

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Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching <em>Paradise Lost</em> to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

Orlando Reade on Privilege, Freedom and the Importance of Reading Disobediently

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China Miéville’s 2009 <em>The City & The City</em> Predicted the State of US Politics in 2024

China Miéville’s 2009 The City & The City Predicted the State of US Politics in 2024

Tobias Carroll on When Speculative Fiction Starts to Feel Like Fact

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Don’t cross the Strand Workers Union picket line!

Don’t cross the Strand Workers Union picket line!

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17 of the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2024

17 of the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2024

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Merve Emre on Gossip as Literary Form in Carmen Boullosa’s <em>Texas: The Great Theft</em>

Merve Emre on Gossip as Literary Form in Carmen Boullosa’s Texas: The Great Theft

“Like a thief, gossip moves swiftly, undeterred by rivers or valleys, indifferent to borders and the hotheads who patrol them.”

By Merve Emre | December 9, 2024

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Pilgrimage: Beowulf Sheehan on Author Photos and the Search for Home

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A Refuge for the Soul: How to Build a Library, According to Montaigne

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Andrew Hui Considers the Innumerable Benefits of a Philosophical Room of One’s Own

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