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    By Clayton Wickham  May 31, 2022
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    Kim Stanley Robinson on Waking Up in the High Sierra

    By Kim Stanley Robinson  May 31, 2022
    Shakespeare

    What’s In a Name? Tracing an Obsession with the Shakespeare Authorship Question

    By Michael Blanding  May 31, 2022
    Residencies

    Lydia Conklin on Writing Residencies and the Invaluable Gift of Permission

    By Lydia Conklin  May 31, 2022
    Queer Culture

    Why Did It Take So Long for Star Trek to Embrace Queer Characters?

    By Ryan Britt  May 31, 2022
    Secrets of the Book Designer

    Secrets of the Book Designer: On Typography, Painting, and Finding That Single Visual Moment

    By Peter C. Baker  May 31, 2022
    Writing Advice

    David Yoon on How to Cultivate Creative Endurance

    By David Yoon  May 31, 2022
    Emergence Magazine

    What Does Living in an Unfolding Apocalyptic Reality Look Like?

    By Emergence Magazine  May 31, 2022
    Queer History

    Why the “Bad Gays” of History Deserve More Attention

    By Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller  May 31, 2022
    Keen On

    Why the Techlash Has Gone Too Far

    By Keen On  May 31, 2022
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    Why the Real Power of Conflict Is About Respect Rather Than Violence

    By Keen On  May 31, 2022
    Keen On

    On Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: Can Germans Ever Forget the Second World War?

    By Keen On  May 31, 2022
    Audiobooks

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    Keen On

    How to Tell Effective Stories About the Environment

    By Keen On  May 31, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    Singled Out by Andrew Maraniss, Read by Kevin R. Free

    By Behind the Mic   May 31, 2022
    Film

    Frances Ha is All Grown Up

    By Olivia Rutigliano  May 27, 2022
    The Craft of Writing

    Maggie Shipstead on Dealing with Mistakes in Writing

    By Maggie Shipstead  May 27, 2022
    Marriage

    Finding Love (and Marriage) by Accident in Upstate New York

    By Aileen Weintraub  May 27, 2022
    Accessibility

    Visiting My Feminist Foremothers in a Mostly Inaccessible City

    By Victoria Reynolds Farmer  May 27, 2022
    Film History

    When London Got the Marilyn Monroe Fever

    By Michelle Morgan  May 27, 2022
    Open Source

    Caroline Elkins on the Gruesome Rule of the British Empire

    By Open Source  May 27, 2022
    Art

    Nikole Hannah-Jones and Gio Swaby on Portraiture that Uplifts Black Women

    By Nikole Hannah-Jones  May 26, 2022
    Gardening

    Digging Around in the Dirt: What Gardening Can Teach Writers

    By Catie Marron  May 26, 2022
    Open Form

    Is The Godfather the Greatest Story of US Immigration Ever Committed to Film?

    By Open Form  May 26, 2022
    Dogs

    Lessons in Courage from a Water Rescue Dog Named Al

    By Lynne Cox  May 26, 2022
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