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On the Excoriating Speech Nelson Algren Delivered to College English Students

On the Excoriating Speech Nelson Algren Delivered to College English Students

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Reading Books About... People Reading Books?

Reading Books About... People Reading Books?

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What If Cities Were Built with the People Who Live There at the Center of Decision-Making?

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Max Levine in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

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The Unexpected Pleasures of Being a Late Bloomer, in Motherhood and Writing

The Unexpected Pleasures of Being a Late Bloomer, in Motherhood and Writing

E.J. Levy on Writing Through Literary Vanity

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When a Thriller Feels More Personal to Write Than Your Own Memoir

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Sub-literate congressman attempts to mock bestselling journalist, fails miserably.

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How Legendary Physicist Richard Feynman Helped Crack the Case on the Challenger Disaster

How Legendary Physicist Richard Feynman Helped Crack the Case on the Challenger Disaster

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By Kevin Cook | June 9, 2021

On the Etymology and Reverberating Human History of the Color Green

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Gillian Osborne Considers Color Theory and William Blake’s “The Ecchoing Green”

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On Finding a Little Spark When Your Writing’s Lost Its Heat

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Chasing a Waking Life: On the Pains of Being an Insomniac

Chasing a Waking Life: On the Pains of Being an Insomniac

Aminatta Forna Moves Through a Cultural and Personal History of Sleeplessness

By Aminatta Forna | June 9, 2021

On the Alarming Disappearance and Destruction of America’s Great Wetlands

On the Alarming Disappearance and Destruction of America’s Great Wetlands

Patricia Hanlon Names a Subject of Critical Environmental Concern

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The Science (and Science Fiction) of Cryonic Preservation

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