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On Hilary Mantel's birthday, please enjoy her 1988 review of <em>RoboCop</em>.

On Hilary Mantel's birthday, please enjoy her 1988 review of RoboCop.

By Emily Temple | July 6, 2020

Even Seamus Heaney <br>Made Mistakes

Even Seamus Heaney
Made Mistakes

On Poetry, Wordsworth, and Misremembering

By Erica McAlpine | July 6, 2020

In Early Modern Europe, Reading and Writing Meant Getting Your Hands Dirty

In Early Modern Europe, Reading and Writing Meant Getting Your Hands Dirty

Anthony Grafton: When Writing Could Be Back-Breaking Work

By Anthony Grafton | July 6, 2020

The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison

The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison

Jeremy Woody on Life in the State Prison, as Told to Christie Thompson

By Jeremy Woody | July 6, 2020

From the Start, Maxine Waters Wasn't Playing Games

From the Start, Maxine Waters Wasn't Playing Games

"I don't take insults no matter what."

By Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman | July 6, 2020

WATCH: Best of the Sun Valley Writer’s Conference, with A. Scott Berg

WATCH: Best of the Sun Valley Writer’s Conference, with A. Scott Berg

Episode Three of SVWC NOW, Features the Biographer in Conversation with Anne Taylor Fleming

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 6, 2020

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Life in the Border Zones of Violence

By Nimmi Gowrinathan | July 2, 2020

Dear Black America:
A Letter From Tracy K. Smith

By Tracy K. Smith | July 2, 2020

The New Yorker Article Heard Round the World

By Greg Mitchell | July 2, 2020

Let's Move Past the Myth of the Clutch Swing Voter

Let's Move Past the Myth of the Clutch Swing Voter

Generational Transformations Will Impact Future Elections
More Than One-Offs

By David Faris | July 2, 2020

How the Author of <em>The Graduate</em> Walked Away From Middle-Class Mores

How the Author of The Graduate Walked Away From Middle-Class Mores

Beverly Gray on Charles Webb's Unexpected Life of Charity

By Beverly Gray | July 2, 2020

Death, Pestilence, Emptiness: Putting Covers on Albert Camus's <em>The Plague</em>

Death, Pestilence, Emptiness: Putting Covers on Albert Camus's The Plague

Dylan Mulvaney on the Different Design Approaches to
a Classic Novel

By Dylan Mulvaney | July 2, 2020

The late John Prine is the first honorary poet laureate of Illinois.

The late John Prine is the first honorary poet laureate of Illinois.

By Aaron Robertson | July 1, 2020

Important: This season of <em>Search Party</em> features a rare Deborah Eisenberg cameo.

Important: This season of Search Party features a rare Deborah Eisenberg cameo.

By Jessie Gaynor | July 1, 2020

Chrome-Plated Pistols and Pink Polos: The Face of Elite Panic in the USA

Chrome-Plated Pistols and Pink Polos: The Face of Elite Panic in the USA

Rebecca Solnit on Plutocracy and Its Paranoias

By Rebecca Solnit | July 1, 2020

Letter From Newark: I Hated That I Had to See Your Face Through Plexiglass

Letter From Newark: I Hated That I Had to See Your Face Through Plexiglass

Nyle Fort Corresponds with His Nephew

By Nyle Fort | July 1, 2020

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