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On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

Ọlájídé Salawu Examines the Colonial Grounding of the Country's Literary Industry

By Ọlájídé Salawu | October 27, 2021

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

Kevin Boyle on the Wild Life and Times of a Great American Iconoclast

By Kevin Boyle | October 27, 2021

Can We Outgrow Capitalism?

Can We Outgrow Capitalism?

Marco Dondi in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 27, 2021

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Featuring W.G. Sebald, Billy Porter, Oscar Wilde, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2021

How McSweeney’s and Radiotopia Created an Audiovisual Magazine Issue

How McSweeney’s and Radiotopia Created an Audiovisual Magazine Issue

A Conversation with Claire Boyle and Julie Shapiro

By Corinne Segal | October 27, 2021

William Souder on the Life and Work of John Steinbeck

William Souder on the Life and Work of John Steinbeck

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 27, 2021

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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up in the Socialist Workers Party

By Thresholds | October 27, 2021

Frances Badalamenti on the Fleeting, Painful Freedom of Youth and Writing as Self-Care

By Chloé Caldwell | October 27, 2021

On Centering the Oceanic South and Disrupting the Study of the “Age of Revolutions”

By Sujit Sivasundaram | October 27, 2021

In his free time, William Makepeace Thackeray loved sketching witches and ghouls.

In his free time, William Makepeace Thackeray loved sketching witches and ghouls.

By Walker Caplan | October 26, 2021

The secret history of your favorite bad writing cliché:

The secret history of your favorite bad writing cliché: "it was a dark and stormy night."

By Emily Temple | October 26, 2021

<em>Beloved</em> is now a detail in the Virginia election—for the dumbest possible reason.

Beloved is now a detail in the Virginia election—for the dumbest possible reason.

By Walker Caplan | October 26, 2021

Read the letter that began the legendary friendship between Henry James and Edith Wharton.

Read the letter that began the legendary friendship between Henry James and Edith Wharton.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 26, 2021

“The Strangest Sense of Freedom.” On Jane Eyre and the Power of Narcissism

“The Strangest Sense of Freedom.” On Jane Eyre and the Power of Narcissism

Josh Cohen Turns His Psychoanalyst’s Eye to the Inner Life of an Iconic Character

By Josh Cohen | October 26, 2021

Teju Cole on the Wonder of Epiphanic Writing

Teju Cole on the Wonder of Epiphanic Writing

Or: How Authors “Evoke the Overspilling World”

By Teju Cole | October 26, 2021

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Featuring a History of Pop Music, a Chronicle of Black Filmmaking, a Counterhistory of Feminism, and More

By Book Marks | October 26, 2021

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