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    The Rise of the Chinese Hipster

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    By Lee Clay Johnson  May 16, 2016
    In Memoriam

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    By Bridget Read  May 16, 2016
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    By Michele Filgate  May 16, 2016
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    When Two Feminists of Color Fall in Love

    By Ana Castillo  May 13, 2016
    Essay

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    By Anne Boyd Rioux  May 12, 2016
    Essay

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    By Garrard Conley  May 11, 2016
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    By Eileen Pollack  May 10, 2016
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    Events

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    By Haley Houseman  May 9, 2016
    Essay

    Using Crime Fiction to Present Fully Formed Muslim Characters

    By Marni Graff  May 9, 2016
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    By Matthew Neill Null  May 9, 2016
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    By Jordan Rosenfeld  May 6, 2016
    Op-Ed

    Why Writers Shouldn’t Boycott North Carolina

    By Lucy Kogler  May 6, 2016
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    By Adam Fitzgerald  May 5, 2016
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    Matthew Griffin: Notes from My Book Tour

    By Matthew Griffin  May 5, 2016
    Excerpts

    On the $50K Acid Trip That Inspired the Grateful Dead’s “Black Peter”

    By Buzz Poole  May 5, 2016
    Essay

    What is the Writer’s Place in a Violent World?

    By Maaza Mengiste  May 5, 2016
    Translation

    On the Quest to Write in a Third Language

    By Amara Lakhous  May 4, 2016
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    By Robert B. Reich  May 4, 2016
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