I invented the abstract colorful blob book cover.

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Soil As Archive: On the Work of Recognizing Alternate Forms of Sentience

Soil As Archive: On the Work of Recognizing Alternate Forms of Sentience

Angie Sijun Lou Considers the Many Conceptions of Time

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Punished for Pregnancy: On the Radical Power of <em>The Millstone</em> by Margaret Drabble in a Post-Roe World

Punished for Pregnancy: On the Radical Power of The Millstone by Margaret Drabble in a Post-Roe World

Carrie Mullins Recommends a 1960s British Novel for Present-Day America

By Carrie Mullins | May 8, 2024

“Intentional Neglect.” On the Creation of Nationalized Child Protection in Victorian England

“Intentional Neglect.” On the Creation of Nationalized Child Protection in Victorian England

Heather Montgomery Explores the Early Days of the NSPCC

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Remembering My Friend and Agent, Richard Parks

Remembering My Friend and Agent, Richard Parks

“You never know what you will get till you try.”

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Lucy McKeon Talks to the Author of “The Light Eaters”

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What World War I Trench Art Tells Us About Its Creators

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Ann Hood on Commemorating the Fallen and Unknown Soldiers of the Great War

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The best-dressed writers at the Met Gala.

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Here are this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners.

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What the hell happened at Readers Take Denver, the “Fyre Festival of Books?

What the hell happened at Readers Take Denver, the “Fyre Festival of Books?"

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One great short story to read today: </br>J.G. Ballard's

One great short story to read today:
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What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America

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