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Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

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

How Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Redefined Daytime Television

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

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This Week in Literary History: James Joyce and Marcel Proust Meet for the First (and Only) Time

This Week in Literary History: James Joyce and Marcel Proust Meet for the First (and Only) Time

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What’s Next For Nation-States? On the Past, Present and Future of the World As We Know It

What’s Next For Nation-States? On the Past, Present and Future of the World As We Know It

Rana Dasgupta Considers Old and New Possibilities For the Organization of Geopolitical Power

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Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

“We need these stories, because they reveal a potent truth: no one is immune to illness and death.”

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Chet’la Sebree on How Chronic Illness Forever Altered Her Literary Life

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“In remodeling my writing practice, I also remodeled who I was, who I could be, as a writer.”

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Cassidy Gard on Embracing the Heavy Weather in Life

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American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney has won the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize.

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Florence Pugh stars in the first trailer for Zoe Kazan’s new <em>East of Eden</em> mini-series.

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Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations

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Maris Kreizman on Wuthering Heights, Scarpetta, Vladimir, and an Epidemic of Beautiful People in the Wrong Roles

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