A Library for the Ragpickers<br> of Bangalore

A Library for the Ragpickers
of Bangalore

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By Priyanka Sacheti | May 9, 2019

Balancing Power in the Lebanese Borderlands

Balancing Power in the Lebanese Borderlands

Alev Scott at the Edge of a Syrian Refugee Camp in Arsal

By Alev Scott | May 9, 2019

In Memoriam: Stanley Plumly

In Memoriam: Stanley Plumly

Dan Halpern, Jill Bialosky, and Carl Phillips Remember the Former
Poet Laureate of Maryland

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16 Poet Biopics, Ranked

16 Poet Biopics, Ranked

"Dead gay poets? Erotic violence? Sounds like a DiCaprio project."

By Emily Temple | May 8, 2019

Why Are American Men So<br> Obsessed with Steak?

Why Are American Men So
Obsessed with Steak?

Joshua Specht on Class, Gender, and the Consumption of Beef

By Joshua Specht | May 8, 2019

What Would It Mean to Live in <br>a World Without Stories?

What Would It Mean to Live in
a World Without Stories?

Alexis Wright on the Systemic Weaponization of Silence

By Alexis Wright | May 8, 2019

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On the Unsung Lives<br> of the Chinese Laborers Who Built the Railroad

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When Two Railroads—and the Migrant Workers Who Built Them—Met

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Open Secrets at the PEN World Voices Festival

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Contemporary Writers on the Crucial Merging of the Personal and the Public in Literature and Politics

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Secret Trysts and Lost Weekends at the Chateau Marmont

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On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

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Patricia Dwyer Revisits the Spaces She Has Lost

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Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

What's Not to Love About Descriptions of Food and Strong Opinions About Poets?

By Gerður Kristný | May 7, 2019

How Eudora Welty's Photography Captured My Grandmother's History

How Eudora Welty's Photography Captured My Grandmother's History

Natasha Trethewey on Experiencing a Past Not Our Own

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Birthing Calfs, Writing Novels: This is My Job Now

Birthing Calfs, Writing Novels: This is My Job Now

John Connell on Passing Life's Tests, Big and Small

By John Connell | May 7, 2019

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