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The world pays respect to Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana’s late author-playwright.

The world pays respect to Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana’s late author-playwright.

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Channing Tatum dropped some sparkle onto Books Are Magic.

Channing Tatum dropped some sparkle onto Books Are Magic.

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The Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir

The Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir

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How to Brainwash Yourself: Grace Lavery on the Devices of Trans Identity in Literature

“George Eliot was, unquestionably, a trans author.”

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Part of Our World: On the Mermaids of Walt Disney, Hans Christian Andersen, and W.B. Yeats

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