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The Promise and Disappointment of Virtual Reality

The Promise and Disappointment of Virtual Reality

A Cultural History of VR—And its Repeated Failure to Catch On

By Mark Riboldi | November 28, 2017

The Only Dissident Novel For Sale in Turkey

The Only Dissident Novel For Sale in Turkey

On the Lasting Impact of Madonna in a Fur Coat

By Maureen Freely | November 28, 2017

Writing About Alcohol Brought Me Back from the Brink of Addiction

Writing About Alcohol Brought Me Back from the Brink of Addiction

Hope Ewing on a Paradoxical Path Out of Family History

By Hope Ewing | November 27, 2017

Growing Up in a Phantom-Filled Desert

Growing Up in a Phantom-Filled Desert

You Can Leave Arizona, But its Ghosts Won't Leave You

By Hannah Lillith Assadi | November 27, 2017

A Weekend at Wordstock, Portland's Wonderful Lit Fest

A Weekend at Wordstock, Portland's Wonderful Lit Fest

A Report from the Largest Celebration of Books in the Pacific Northwest

By Zoë Ruiz | November 22, 2017

Tina Brown: How to Photograph the President of the United States

Tina Brown: How to Photograph the President of the United States

From the Diaries of a Legendary Magazine Editor

By Tina Brown | November 22, 2017

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How 11 Writers Organize Their Personal Libraries

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The Pain of Joint Custody, Illustrated

The Pain of Joint Custody, Illustrated

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By Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth Haidle | November 21, 2017

How A Reader's Generous Offer Helped Me Write Through Despair

How A Reader's Generous Offer Helped Me Write Through Despair

Coming to Actually Believe That My Book Is Important, Now More Than Ever

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5 Books Making News This Week: Collections, Translation, and Noir

5 Books Making News This Week: Collections, Translation, and Noir

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Making Sense of the End of the World

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By Robert Jay Lifton | November 20, 2017

How Forgotten Trailblazer Marjorie Hillis Helped Women Live Alone

How Forgotten Trailblazer Marjorie Hillis Helped Women Live Alone

Joanna Scutts on the Moment She Discovered the Original "Extra Woman"

By Joanna Scutts | November 20, 2017

See the Detailed Diagrams Kathy Acker Drew of Her Dreams

See the Detailed Diagrams Kathy Acker Drew of Her Dreams

Two Dream Maps from Blood and Guts in High School

By Literary Hub | November 20, 2017

<em>Call Me By Your Name</em> is an Object Lesson in Adapting Interiority

Call Me By Your Name is an Object Lesson in Adapting Interiority

You must see this movie immediately

By Emily Temple | November 20, 2017

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