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Petroleum and Patriarchy: How Art Functions in <em>Written on the Wind</em> and <em>Giant</em>

Petroleum and Patriarchy: How Art Functions in Written on the Wind and Giant

Laura Valenza on the Subversive Power of (Over-the-Top) Artwork

By Laura Valenza | March 1, 2022

Actually, Not Everything is Writing: Sarah Moss on Why She Likes to Knit and Run

Actually, Not Everything is Writing: Sarah Moss on Why She Likes to Knit and Run

“You relax, a psychologist friend observed, by hyperstimulation.”

By Sarah Moss | March 1, 2022

Famous Yet Elusive: On Charles Dickens’s Unstable Reputation

Famous Yet Elusive: On Charles Dickens’s Unstable Reputation

“Even in photographs it looked as if his soul had been ‘pumped out of him.’’

By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst | March 1, 2022

J.D. Dickey on the Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America

J.D. Dickey on the Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 1, 2022

John Scalzi on Writing a Sci-Fi Novel Based in a Post-Covid World

John Scalzi on Writing a Sci-Fi Novel Based in a Post-Covid World

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 1, 2022

Harvey Fierstein on the Best Late Night Hosts He Ever Worked With

Harvey Fierstein on the Best Late Night Hosts He Ever Worked With

The Hairspray Star Recounts His Tell Alls, from The Tonight Show to 20/20

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Melville House celebrates 20 years of speaking out.

Melville House celebrates 20 years of speaking out.

By Katie Yee | February 28, 2022

Just a reminder that Haruki Murakami’s <em>Drive My Car</em> is coming to streaming in March.

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By Walker Caplan | February 28, 2022

PEN America is hosting an NYC vigil tonight in support of Ukrainian artists and writers.

PEN America is hosting an NYC vigil tonight in support of Ukrainian artists and writers.

By Corinne Segal | February 28, 2022

Ilya Kaminsky on Ukrainian, Russian, and the Language of War

Ilya Kaminsky on Ukrainian, Russian, and the Language of War

“How can one speak about, write about, war?”

By Ilya Kaminsky | February 28, 2022

The 10 Best Book Covers of February

The 10 Best Book Covers of February

Bare Chests, Chimeras, and the Ultimate Blob

By Jessie Gaynor | February 28, 2022

Is Adaptation a Feminine Act? On the Women Writers Who Worked on <em>Alfred Hitchcock Presents</em>

Is Adaptation a Feminine Act? On the Women Writers Who Worked on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Annie Berke on the Writers Who “Hijacked” the Gender Politics of Their Source Materials

By Annie Berke | February 28, 2022

Writing a Memoir Taught Me How to See My Mother

Writing a Memoir Taught Me How to See My Mother

Sherry Turkle on Decoding Layers of Family Secrets

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