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Gene Smith's Documentary Obsessions

Gene Smith's Documentary Obsessions

A Look inside the Prolific Photographer's Domestic Chaos

By Sam Stephenson | August 23, 2017

Young, Gifted, and Black: On the Politicization of Nina Simone

Young, Gifted, and Black: On the Politicization of Nina Simone

Examining Lorraine Hansberry's Impact on an American Genius

By Malik Gaines | August 23, 2017

An Ode to the Sun by Karl Ove Knausgaard

An Ode to the Sun by Karl Ove Knausgaard

"Absolutely Unapproachable and Completely Indifferent to its Creation"

By Karl Ove Knausgaard | August 22, 2017

How Sigmund Freud Tried to Break and Remake His Fiancée

How Sigmund Freud Tried to Break and Remake His Fiancée

"He Wanted Martha to Remember That She Was Nothing Very Special"

By Frederick Crews | August 22, 2017

Towards a Unifying Identity for the Left: Citizenship

Towards a Unifying Identity for the Left: Citizenship

Mark Lilla Proposes a Way for Democrats to Move Forward

By Mark Lilla | August 22, 2017

Why We Should Pay Attention to Dinesh D’Souza’s Terrible Book About Fascism

Why We Should Pay Attention to Dinesh D’Souza’s Terrible Book About Fascism

On Distortions of History and Providing Cover for Actual Nazis

By Mark Bray | August 21, 2017

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The Stories We'll Tell: Getting Ready for a Total Eclipse of the Sun

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Who Should Play the Female Dorian Gray?

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Retracing Willa Cather's Steps in the South of France

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Jill Bialosky: The Time I Moved to New York City to Be a Poet

Jill Bialosky: The Time I Moved to New York City to Be a Poet

On Finding Meaning in Art and Work in the Big City

By Jill Bialosky | August 17, 2017

Searching for Stanley Kunitz's Garden

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Nell Boeschenstein on a Poetry Pilgrimage to Provincetown

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The Long History of White Nationalism in America

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How the Silent Book Club Gave Me Back My Reading Life

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Reading Alone, Together, at a Table of Introverts

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Fire, Fury, and America's Failure to Learn From the Past

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David L. Ulin on Revisiting Hiroshima, and the Dark, Empty Rhetoric of the President

By David L. Ulin | August 16, 2017

Another Way New York City is Dying: The Rise of Fauxstalgia

Another Way New York City is Dying: The Rise of Fauxstalgia

Jeremiah Moss on NYC Restaurateurs Rebooting Classic Restaurants

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