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    What to Read

    10 Great Longform Essays About Football in American Culture

    By Emily Temple  February 3, 2017
    Excerpts

    The Men in My Life

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 3, 2017
    In Memoriam

    Frederic Tuten Remembers Harry Mathews

    By Frederic Tuten  February 3, 2017
    Design

    Weird and Hilarious Illustrations from Victorian-Era Shakespeare Plays

    By Emily Temple  February 2, 2017
    Excerpts

    The Brand New Catastrophe

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 2, 2017
    Deep Dive

    When a Promised Land Breaks Its Word

    By Evan Fleischer  February 1, 2017
    Personal Essay

    The Great West Has More Than One Story to Tell

    By Laura Pritchett  February 1, 2017
    Politics

    Writing Without a Net: How Repealing the ACA Will Hurt Freelancers

    By Kristen Evans  January 31, 2017
    Personal Essay

    South Park and the Dark Comedy of Our Deepest Fears

    By Kayla Rae Whitaker  January 31, 2017
    What to Read

    20 Literary Voices On What to Do Now

    By Emily Temple  January 30, 2017
    Personal Essay

    Two Generations of Syrian Resistance: What Bravery Looks Like

    By Emily Robbins  January 30, 2017
    Criticism

    Understanding America Through Marilynne Robinson

    By Veronica Esposito  January 30, 2017
    What to Read

    11 Memoirs by 20th-Century American Radicals

    By Dwyer Murphy  January 30, 2017
    Feature

    An Incomplete Dossier of Evidence That Donald Trump Doesn’t Read

    By Emily Temple  January 27, 2017
    Personal Essay

    On Falling Out of Love with Punk (and in Love with Books)

    By Mariah Stovall  January 27, 2017
    Excerpts

    How Clara Hale and Audre Lorde Helped to Make New York

    By Julie Scelfo  January 27, 2017
    Close Reading

    All of the Passages In 1984 That Relate To You Right Now

    By Emily Temple  January 27, 2017
    Personal Essay

    Returning Home to the Ghosts of Budapest

    By Joseph Kertes  January 27, 2017
    Where to Go

    The 5 Best Bookstores in Mexico City

    By Josh Barkan  January 26, 2017
    Speech

    Watch Angela Davis Speak on Revolution and Violence from Prison

    By Emily Temple  January 26, 2017
    Excerpts

    Nationalism is Strange and Unnatural: A Graphic Essay by Thi Bui

    By Thi Bui  January 26, 2017
    History

    A Real-Life Fitzgerald Hero, Too True for the Jazz Age

    By Beatriz Williams  January 26, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Donald Trump: Making the Word ‘Pussy’ Great Again, Bigly

    By Roxana Robinson  January 25, 2017
    Feature

    An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in Pop Culture

    By Emily Temple  January 25, 2017
    Did you know?

    Some Things You May Not Have Known About Edith Wharton’s Dog Obsession

    By Emily Temple  January 24, 2017
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