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Swipe Right for Loneliness: On the Gamification of Dating Apps

Swipe Right for Loneliness: On the Gamification of Dating Apps

Nancy Jo Sales Considers the Perils of Instant Gratification and the Hellscape That is Tinder

By Nancy Jo Sales | May 19, 2021

Letting Go of Silence in the Wake of Miscarriage

Letting Go of Silence in the Wake of Miscarriage

Barbara Becker on Grief and Recovery

By Barbara Becker | May 19, 2021

On the Origins of White Europeans’ Bigoted Fascination with Skin Color and Racial Hierarchy

On the Origins of White Europeans’ Bigoted Fascination with Skin Color and Racial Hierarchy

Olivette Otele Considers the Historical Representation of Black People in Art and Fiction

By Olivette Otele | May 19, 2021

Do Our Minds Have Immune Systems to Protect Us from Infectious Ideas?

Do Our Minds Have Immune Systems to Protect Us from Infectious Ideas?

Andy Norman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 19, 2021

5 Books in Translation You May Have Missed in April

5 Books in Translation You May Have Missed in April

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Bruno Lloret, Eva Meijer, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | May 19, 2021

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Here's a running list of bookstores that have unionized.

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By Walker Caplan | May 18, 2021

Turns out Isaac Asimov, father of robotics, was also the father of 100 “lecherous limericks.”

By Walker Caplan | May 18, 2021

Would you let a random group of strangers on the Internet plot your next novel?

By Jonny Diamond | May 18, 2021

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Jhumpa Lahiri is working on a new translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

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On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

“Why can’t I go a week without wondering what she might have made of the person I’ve become?”

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“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

Courtney Zoffness on Finding Authenticity in a Great Writer and Professor

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How to Be Cool: On the Societal Expectations Placed on Black Boys vs. White Boys

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Brian Broome Considers the One-Two Punch of Gender and Racial Identity

By Brian Broome | May 18, 2021

Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

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The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

Isle McElroy on Torrey Peters, Veronica Esposito, and the Divide Between Being and Doing Trans

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