Someone wants to pay you $200 for every novel you read. Really!

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Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Exclusive cover reveal: <em>Animals</em>, a new issue of <em>Freeman's.</em>

Exclusive cover reveal: Animals, a new issue of Freeman's.

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How War Literature Occupies the Realms of Both Fact and Fiction

How War Literature Occupies the Realms of Both Fact and Fiction

Phil Klay on Maintaining Verisimilitude When Writing About War

By Phil Klay | May 17, 2022

Emma Straub’s Advice for What to Wear to a Book Launch

Emma Straub’s Advice for What to Wear to a Book Launch

“Back to basics. Just hot dogs, babka, and gratitude for vaccines.”

By Emma Straub | May 17, 2022

On Reconnecting With My Korean Heritage Through Food

On Reconnecting With My Korean Heritage Through Food

For Peter Serpico Cooking Feels Like Coming Home

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On the Gnostic Ironies of Poets Nathaniel Mackey and Fanny Howe

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Emily Bingham on the Material Culture of White America’s Song to Itself: “My Old Kentucky Home”

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