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    Watch the Creepy 1969 Short Film Adaptation of “The Lottery”

    By Emily Temple  December 14, 2016
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    Book Marks Gets a Makeover

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    Even Bob Dylan Doesn’t Think His Songs Are Literature

    By Emily Temple  December 12, 2016
    Op-Ed

    Notes from the Resistance: A Column on Language and Power

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    Personal Essay

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    Reading Out Loud in a Time of Terror

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    On Innocence, Internment, and Resistance with an Open Heart

    By Marie Mutsuki Mockett  December 8, 2016
    Personal Essay

    Patriotism: A Schooling (and Unschooling)

    By Jessica Holmes  December 7, 2016
    Excerpts

    Maybe It’s Time to Leave the Earth…

    By Charles Wohlforth and Amanda R. Hendrix  December 2, 2016
    Feature

    8 Great Movies Based on Unusual Literary Source Material

    By Emily Temple  December 2, 2016
    Excerpts

    Trevor Noah on Growing Up in South Africa Under Apartheid

    By Trevor Noah  December 2, 2016
    Personal Essay

    Finding Empathy in the Face of Hate

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    The Harlem Bookstore Committed to Revolutionary Politics

    By Dwyer Murphy  November 30, 2016
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    The Ways in Which I’d Like to Get Attacked By a Bear

    By Steven Church  November 30, 2016
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    Baffling Omissions from the NY Times’ 100 Notable Books List

    By Emily Temple  November 29, 2016
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    Bookselling in the 21st Century: Going Way Beyond the Call of Duty

    By Marion Abbott  November 29, 2016
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    A Tour of Paris, 1917, With Blaise Cendrars

    By Literary Hub  November 29, 2016
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    On Fidel Castro’s Friendships With Literary Giants

    By Emily Temple  November 28, 2016
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    How Pacifism Can Lead to Violence and Conflict

    By Miriam Toews  November 28, 2016
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