Introducing the 2017 Whiting Award Winners

Introducing the 2017 Whiting Award Winners

10 Young Writers Who Just Got $50k

By Emily Temple | March 22, 2017

Art Spiegelman: If It Walks Like a Fascist…

Art Spiegelman: If It Walks Like a Fascist…

On Nazis, Despair, and the Genius of Si Lewen

By Anthony Audi | March 22, 2017

Camille Paglia on the Iconic Cover of Patti Smith's <em>Horses</em>

Camille Paglia on the Iconic Cover of Patti Smith's Horses

"The Mapplethorpe photo synthesizes my passions and world-view"

By Camille Paglia | March 22, 2017

How a Dictionary Got Into the Marriage Equality Debate

How a Dictionary Got Into the Marriage Equality Debate

And Why Lexicography­ Matters—Sometimes Too Much

By Kory Stamper | March 22, 2017

Writers Respond to Defunding the NEA and NEH

Writers Respond to Defunding the NEA and NEH

Postcards to inspire a movement to save the arts

By Literary Hub | March 22, 2017

What My Grandfather's Displacement Taught Me About the Refugee Crisis

What My Grandfather's Displacement Taught Me About the Refugee Crisis

Learning from the Past is Our Moral Imperative

By Georgia Hunter | March 22, 2017

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Presidential Politics As Reality TV and Realist Fiction

By Emma Lieber | March 21, 2017

Unlearnable Lessons on My Father's Deathbed

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How a Husband's Loving Biography Ruined His Wife's Reputation

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Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

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Zora Neale Hurston: The College Years

Zora Neale Hurston: The College Years

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Just How Partisan is the Supreme Court?

Just How Partisan is the Supreme Court?

Melvin I. Urofsky On Three Major Dissents from Recent Years

By Melvin I. Urofsky | March 20, 2017

The Wild, Weird Criminal Side of Florida

The Wild, Weird Criminal Side of Florida

Dwyer Murphy Finds Blood, Guns, and Corpses at SleuthFest 2017

By Dwyer Murphy | March 20, 2017

Writing on an Island at the End of the World

Writing on an Island at the End of the World

Nell Stevens Chases Her Novel to Bleaker Island

By Nell Stevens | March 17, 2017

Legendary Poet Derek Walcott Has Died

Legendary Poet Derek Walcott Has Died

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What Kind of Empire Will China Be?

What Kind of Empire Will China Be?

On the Constant Evolution of Global Power

By Howard W. French | March 17, 2017

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