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Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future

Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future

“Your opponents would love you to believe that it’s hopeless, that you have no power.”

By Rebecca Solnit | July 3, 2024

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

From Heba Al-Agha’s Account of the last Eight Months of Israel’s War on Gaza (trans. Julia Choucair Vizoso)

By Heba Al-Agha and Julia Choucair Vizoso | July 3, 2024

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Ed Simon on Free Speech, Book Bans and Court-Mandated Censorship, Then and Now

By Ed Simon | July 3, 2024

New York, New York: On Getting By As an Artist In the City That Never Sleeps

New York, New York: On Getting By As an Artist In the City That Never Sleeps

Marin Kosut Considers the Romanticized Myths That Underpin Countless Artistic Dreams

By Marin Kosut | July 3, 2024

Seeking a Gentler Mythology of the American West

Seeking a Gentler Mythology of the American West

Joe Wilkins on His Grandfather, the Sheeprancher

By Joe Wilkins | July 3, 2024

Joseph O’Neill on Writing a Socially Relevant Soccer Novel

Joseph O’Neill on Writing a Socially Relevant Soccer Novel

Belinda McKeon Talks to the Author of “Godwin”

By Belinda McKeon | July 3, 2024

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Why Play At All? On Perfectionism, Perseverance and Prodigies

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Lauren Aliza Green Reconsiders Her Abandonment of the Violin

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"Every time I watch it, I’m transfixed anew." Rachel Kushner on her favorite films.

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Is it the summer of the brat?

Is it the summer of the brat?

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“It’s Harder for Me to Talk About Them.” Percival Everett on the Paintings He Makes

“It’s Harder for Me to Talk About Them.” Percival Everett on the Paintings He Makes

J.C. Gabel Talks to the Acclaimed Novelist and Poet About His Latest Art Exhibition

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