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Dear Internet: <em>The Little Mermaid</em> Also Happens to Be Queer Allegory

Dear Internet: The Little Mermaid Also Happens to Be Queer Allegory

On the Origins of Hans Christian Andersen's Fable
of Frustrated Affection

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 12, 2019

Why Report on Desire? Saskia Vogel on Reading Lisa Taddeo

Why Report on Desire? Saskia Vogel on Reading Lisa Taddeo

“We’re all capable of throwing everything away in a moment, if the desire is strong enough.”

By Saskia Vogel | July 12, 2019

Small Acts: Finding Friendship with My Online Spanish Teacher

Small Acts: Finding Friendship with My Online Spanish Teacher

Courtney Maum on the Way Worlds Open Up Through Language

By Courtney Maum | July 12, 2019

I Found My American Dream at the Public Library

I Found My American Dream at the Public Library

Daniela Petrova's Love Letter to the Library

By Daniela Petrova | July 12, 2019

On the Brides of Jamestown: Old World Puritanism Weaponized for the New World

On the Brides of Jamestown: Old World Puritanism Weaponized for the New World

The Relentless Campaign Against Unmarried Women

By Jennifer Potter | July 12, 2019

Olivet Nazarene University fires new teacher for including curse words and a lesbian in his novel

Olivet Nazarene University fires new teacher for including curse words and a lesbian in his novel

By Corinne Segal | July 11, 2019

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Novelist Rachel Lyon will be the next Editor in Chief of Epiphany

By Emily Temple | July 11, 2019

20 young booksellers have just won some of James Patterson's money.

By Dan Sheehan | July 11, 2019

The dad-rock book tie-in we’ve all been waiting for: a Metallica children’s book.

By Jonny Diamond | July 11, 2019

Daido Moriyama, Legendary Street Photographer, on How to Take a Snapshot

Daido Moriyama, Legendary Street Photographer, on How to Take a Snapshot

"If you don’t have desire, you won’t see what’s there."

By Daido Moriyama and Takeshi Nakamoto | July 11, 2019

Elliot Ackerman and Anuradha Bhagwati on the Role of the Military in American Politics

Elliot Ackerman and Anuradha Bhagwati on the Role of the Military in American Politics

With Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 11, 2019

The War on the Poor is Only Getting Worse

The War on the Poor is Only Getting Worse

Peter Edelman on the One War America Seems to Be Winning

By Peter Edelman | July 11, 2019

On the Uncanny Adaptability of American Fast Food

On the Uncanny Adaptability of American Fast Food

How Global Food Hegemony is More Local Than It Looks

By Adam Chandler | July 11, 2019

Wonder Boys">Remembering Rip Torn's Wonder Boys">

Wonder Boys">Remembering Rip Torn's "I . . . am a writer" speech from Wonder Boys

By Dan Sheehan | July 10, 2019

You can now bid on Philip Roth's old typewriters and baseball cards (and they're surprisingly cheap)

You can now bid on Philip Roth's old typewriters and baseball cards (and they're surprisingly cheap)

By Emily Temple | July 10, 2019

What if you could suddenly understand stories read in seven different languages?

What if you could suddenly understand stories read in seven different languages?

By Marcia Lynx Qualey | July 10, 2019

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