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What is Essential? And Who?

What is Essential? And Who?

Siri Hustvedt on What the World Values When It's Falling Apart

By Siri Hustvedt | July 22, 2020

How John Steinbeck's Final Novel Grappled With Immigration and Morality

How John Steinbeck's Final Novel Grappled With Immigration and Morality

When White Privilege Interrogates Itself in Literature

By Tobias Carroll | July 22, 2020

Why Stories Makes Sense of Our Lives (and Relationships)

Why Stories Makes Sense of Our Lives (and Relationships)

Frank Tallis on the Anthropological View of Storytelling

By Frank Tallis | July 22, 2020

A Genealogy of Twins: On Identity and Projected Lives

A Genealogy of Twins: On Identity and Projected Lives

Larry Watson on Family and Arriving at the Crux of the Story

By Larry Watson | July 22, 2020

A Love Letter to Developmental Editors

A Love Letter to Developmental Editors

R.L. Maizes on a Lesser-Known Corner of Publishing

By R.L. Maizes | July 22, 2020

To Be the Poet of Troy: <br>An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha by Philip Metres

To Be the Poet of Troy:
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On Starting the Edward Said Library in the Gaza Strip

By Philip Metres | July 22, 2020

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Remembering Australian Novelist Elizabeth Harrower

By Michael Heyward | July 22, 2020

Oliver Stone on Bringing the Spirit of Homer's Epics to the Screen in Platoon

By Oliver Stone | July 22, 2020

Antibody: Starring Mary South, Elisabeth Thomas, and Kristen Millares Young

By The Antibody Reading Series | July 22, 2020

The BLM movement is inspiring a boom in diverse children's literature.

The BLM movement is inspiring a boom in diverse children's literature.

By Aaron Robertson | July 21, 2020

WATCH: What Does Nature Writing Mean in 2020?

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Irvine Welsh and Bret Easton Ellis are creating a satirical tv show about a tabloid magazine.

Irvine Welsh and Bret Easton Ellis are creating a satirical tv show about a tabloid magazine.

By Jonny Diamond | July 21, 2020

HBO Max assembles a sexy dream team—ft. Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves—to read you bedtime stories.

HBO Max assembles a sexy dream team—ft. Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves—to read you bedtime stories.

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Jonathan Lethem will publish a novel in serial form over 10 years in this new star-studded lit mag.

Jonathan Lethem will publish a novel in serial form over 10 years in this new star-studded lit mag.

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One Challenge for Future Mars Explorers? Boredom.

One Challenge for Future Mars Explorers? Boredom.

Kate Greene on Idleness and Deprivation in Space

By Kate Greene | July 21, 2020

Why Did Republicans Abandon<br> American Idealism?

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Anne Applebaum on Political and Cultural Despair

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