Nam Le has won Australia's oldest literary award for the second time.

Nam Le has won Australia's oldest literary award for the second time.

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Here are the CLMP's 2025 Firecracker Awards finalists.

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Dawn Macdonald's <em>Northerny</em> has won the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize.

Dawn Macdonald's Northerny has won the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize.

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One great short story to read today: Kevin Barry's

One great short story to read today: Kevin Barry's "Fjord of Killary"

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Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

Curtis Duncan on George Floyd, Police Brutality, Community Organizations, and More

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Why Are We So Obsessed With Avocados?

Why Are We So Obsessed With Avocados?

Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons Track the Evolution of America's Fixation

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One great short story to read today: "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington"

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“Please Keep Caring.” What John McPhee Taught Generations of Writers and Journalists

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