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The Troubled Task of Defining Southern Literature in 2021

The Troubled Task of Defining Southern Literature in 2021

Ed Tarkington Reckons with a Fraught Literary History

By Ed Tarkington | January 22, 2021

Against the Myth of the <br>Macho Craftsman

Against the Myth of the
Macho Craftsman

On the Idea of Crafting as Community Support

By Glenn Adamson | January 22, 2021

Katrina vanden Heuvel: ‘A Great Nation Doesn’t Need to Boast’

Katrina vanden Heuvel: ‘A Great Nation Doesn’t Need to Boast’

In Conversation with Walter Mosley on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 22, 2021

Why is 18th-Century Bath Considered the Model for Modern Day Spas?

Why is 18th-Century Bath Considered the Model for Modern Day Spas?

Ian Bradley on Health Tourism, Illness, and Therapy

By Ian Bradley | January 22, 2021

What Is It About Conservatism and the Idea of Openness?

What Is It About Conservatism and the Idea of Openness?

Johan Norberg Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 22, 2021

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Donald Trump Will Never Understand the Pain He Has Caused

Even Richard Nixon Knew He'd Done Wrong

By Timothy Denevi | January 21, 2021

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Meet the illustrator making art based on Haruki Murakami’s short stories.

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Ursula K. Le Guin stamps are coming to a post office near you.

By Katie Yee | January 21, 2021

The New Yorker Union is stopping all work for twenty-four hours.

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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

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Simon Winchester on How We Divide Our World

By Simon Winchester | January 21, 2021

On the Power of Afrofuturism in the 21st Century

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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

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Were WWII Glider Operations Ever a Good Idea?

Were WWII Glider Operations Ever a Good Idea?

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