On Heartbreak, Absence, and Falling in Love with <em>The Great Gatsby</em>

On Heartbreak, Absence, and Falling in Love with The Great Gatsby

David Stuart MacLean Charts the Path to His Gatsby-Inspired Novel

By David Stuart MacLean | January 21, 2021

André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

"The irrealis mood disrupts all verbal tenses, moods, and aspects."

By André Aciman | January 21, 2021

The Oldest, The Longest, The Weirdest: A Brief History of Land Borders

The Oldest, The Longest, The Weirdest: A Brief History of Land Borders

Simon Winchester on How We Divide Our World

By Simon Winchester | January 21, 2021

On the Power of Afrofuturism in the 21st Century

On the Power of Afrofuturism in the 21st Century

Tim Fielder Details the Legacies of Radical Black Imaginaries

By Tim Fielder | January 21, 2021

Writing the Story of Aunt Jemima's Modern Descendant

Writing the Story of Aunt Jemima's Modern Descendant

Ladee Hubbard Reflects on the Erasure of Racial Violence, Rather than Its Disavowal

By Ladee Hubbard | January 21, 2021

The Cost of Free Speech Has Never Been Equal

The Cost of Free Speech Has Never Been Equal

Frederick M. Lawrence Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 21, 2021

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Why AI Can’t Properly Translate Proust—Yet

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Michael Wooldridge on the Limits of Literary Automation

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Defiant Style: A Story of African Women, in Photographs and Fashion

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Catherine E. McKinley on the Sewing Machine as a Tool of Empowerment

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I Watched a Baby Being Born So I Could Write My Book

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Janice P. Nimura on Her Research Process for The Doctors Blackwell

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Do Dogs Really Dream?

Do Dogs Really Dream?

Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold on the Mysteries of Canine Sleep

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Resisting the Badge of ‘Resilience’ in the Wake of a Devastating Loss

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Emily Rapp Black Considers a Ubiquitous—and Inexact—Description

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