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Meet the Man Brought to Trial for Murdering the English Language

Meet the Man Brought to Trial for Murdering the English Language

(In the Press, by a Jury of His Enemies)

By Emily Temple | March 18, 2019

Growing Up Inside a John Updike Novel

Growing Up Inside a John Updike Novel

Thomas E. Ricks on the Shadows at the Edge of Updike's Work

By Thomas E. Ricks | March 18, 2019

Money, Guilt, and Returning to Hong Kong to Care for My Mother

Money, Guilt, and Returning to Hong Kong to Care for My Mother

Xu Xi on the Changing Attitudes to Filial Piety

By Xu Xi | March 18, 2019

Samuel Beckett, Thrower of Shade

Samuel Beckett, Thrower of Shade

From Frederic Pajak's Illustrated Memoir, Uncertain Manifesto

By Frederic Pajak | March 18, 2019

Poet W.S. Merwin Dies at 91

Poet W.S. Merwin Dies at 91

“We Must Want to Listen"

By Corinne Segal | March 15, 2019

Ada Limón: “I Have Never Done Anything Alone”

Ada Limón: “I Have Never Done Anything Alone”

From Her Acceptance Speech For the NBCC Poetry Awards

By Literary Hub | March 15, 2019

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Read a Previously Unpublished Letter from Zora Neale Hurston

By Literary Hub | March 15, 2019

Why Salt Lake City is a Great Place for a Writer to Live

By Paisley Rekdal | March 15, 2019

The Time I Crashed at Nora Ephron's Apartment

By Michael Mewshaw | March 15, 2019

It Was All Greek to Her: With the Sappho-Obsessed in 1900s Paris

It Was All Greek to Her: With the Sappho-Obsessed in 1900s Paris

Eva Palmer Sikelianos, Pre-Modern Modernist

By Artemis Leontis | March 15, 2019

Astonishment in Barry Lopez's <em>Arctic Dreams</em>

Astonishment in Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams

Anna Badkhen on an American Classic

By Anna Badkhen | March 14, 2019

Nobody Wins in the Age-Old Debate Over High Heels

Nobody Wins in the Age-Old Debate Over High Heels

Do They Convey Authority? Oppression? Frivolity? Confidence? Sex? Yes.

By Summer Brennan | March 14, 2019

Why Are Writers Drawn to Boxing?

Why Are Writers Drawn to Boxing?

Albert Camus, Norman Mailer, and Me

By Josh Rosenblatt | March 14, 2019

Tracing the Incredible Journey of Polynesians Around the Globe

Tracing the Incredible Journey of Polynesians Around the Globe

"There is no written record of these events..."

By Christina Thompson | March 14, 2019

Honoré de Balzac's Legendary Love Affair With His Anonymous Critic

Honoré de Balzac's Legendary Love Affair With His Anonymous Critic

Or: How to Marry a Famous Writer

By Emily Temple | March 14, 2019

The History of Humanity, As Revealed By Its Walls

The History of Humanity, As Revealed By Its Walls

On the Boundaries That Define Our Lives

By Paul Crenshaw | March 14, 2019

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