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An open letter from North American scholars condemns the

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Center yourself with some springtime affirmations for book lovers.

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Dev Patel on Destruction and Growth

Dev Patel on Destruction and Growth

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Tide In, Tide Out: Anne Lamott on Growing Old and Making Peace with Death

Tide In, Tide Out: Anne Lamott on Growing Old and Making Peace with Death

“My father’s death feels like it was twenty years ago but it was more than forty-five.”

By Anne Lamott | April 10, 2024

What Do You Get When You Cross the Contemporary Novel with Nature Writing?

What Do You Get When You Cross the Contemporary Novel with Nature Writing?

Fiona Williams on Using Every Literary Tool Available to Us

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The shortlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize has landed.

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Would you like to buy Cormac McCarthy's writing desk? (Or maybe his shirt?)

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A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel <em>The Last Man</em>

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When a 24-Year-Old Ian Fleming Went to Moscow to Cover a “Show” Trial

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What the Shadowy History of Women’s Health Tells Us About Its Uncertain Future

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Clare Beams on the Dark Legacy of a Purported Pregnancy Miracle Drug

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Dispatches from the Land of Erasure During a Genocide

Dispatches from the Land of Erasure During a Genocide

“Poetry’s belatedness hauntingly echoes international law’s belatedness when it comes to defining genocide.”

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A brief remembrance of Ghassan Kanafani.

A brief remembrance of Ghassan Kanafani.

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