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    Writers are auctioning signed books to raise money for Gaza’s child amputees.

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    Film History

    How Stanley Kubrick Brought Stephen King’s The Shining to the Big Screen

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    Blood, Sweat, and Paint: Finding the Work Behind the Art

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    Elizabeth Rush on the Thwaites Glacier

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    Art History

    Between Risk and Control: How Mark Rothko Discovered His Signature Style

    By Adam Greenhalgh  February 7, 2024
    Natural History

    How an Icelandic Bird Led to the Discovery of Human-Caused Extinction

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    The Hub

    Is the phrase The Tortured Poets Department grammatically correct?

    By Olivia Rutigliano  February 6, 2024
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    Israel has damaged or destroyed at least 13 libraries in Gaza.

    By Dan Sheehan  February 6, 2024
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    Saul Bellow is now a stamp.

    By Emily Temple  February 6, 2024
    Diaries

    “D,” an Alphabetical Prose Experiment by Sheila Heti

    By Sheila Heti  February 6, 2024
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    Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

    By Margot Livesey  February 6, 2024
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    Why We Anthropomorphize Animals (and Always Have)

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    The Hub

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    By Olivia Rutigliano  February 5, 2024
    Borders

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    By Jonathan Blitzer  February 5, 2024
    Forgotten Classics

    Camp Over Tragedy: On Henry Van Dyke’s Farcical, Irreverent Novel of Black Gay Life in Mid-Century America

    By Erik Wood  February 5, 2024
    The Hub

    Palestinian-American writer Randa Jarrar was dragged out of a PEN event.

    By Dan Sheehan  February 2, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

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    By Rick Bass  February 2, 2024
    Music Writing

    The Tremendous Power and Lasting Impact of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

    By Nadirah Simmons  February 2, 2024
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