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    Geena Rocero on Writing Horse Barbie to Process Her Transition

    By Talk Easy  June 22, 2023
    The Hub

    The Academy of American Poets has named its first Latino president.

    By Janet Manley  June 21, 2023
    On Death

    The Rituals of Death and Dying in Central Appalachia

    By Stacy Jane Grover  June 21, 2023
    New York City

    Where Artists Became Rockstars: Brett Sokol on Stephen Aiken’s 1970s NYC

    By Brett Sokol  June 21, 2023
    Critical Race Theory

    On the Importance of Critical Race Theory—and the Delusional Attacks On It

    By Richard Delgado  June 21, 2023
    Behind the novel

    How Taylor Swift Saved My Writing

    By Ethan Joella  June 21, 2023
    On Race

    How African American Sacrifice Abroad Was Ignored Back Home

    By Tamara J. Walker  June 21, 2023
    The Hub

    Here is the 2023 Miles Franklin award shortlist.

    By Janet Manley  June 20, 2023
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    What to Do If Your House is Overflowing with Books

    By Emily Grosvenor  June 20, 2023
    Read Smart

    “Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

    By Read Smart  June 20, 2023
    Cuisine

    Is There a French National Dish? On the History and Making of French Cuisine

    By Anya von Bremzen  June 20, 2023
    Character Development

    How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

    By Claudia Cravens  June 20, 2023
    The History of Literature

    “A Race Problem.” Jolene Hubbs on Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature

    By History of Literature  June 20, 2023
    The Hub

    Read a 1922 review of James Joyce’s Ulysses.

    By Dan Sheehan  June 16, 2023
    The Hub

    I’m obsessed with these hand-stitched recreations of classic composition notebooks.

    By Emily Temple  June 16, 2023
    Film and TV

    Asteroid City is Wes Anderson’s Metaphysical Masterpiece

    By Olivia Rutigliano  June 16, 2023
    Bloomsday

    Happy Bloomsday! Turn off your wifi and read some Joyce.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 16, 2023
    The Hub

    Zain Khalid has won the 2023 Young Lions Award.

    By Janet Manley  June 16, 2023
    Water

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    By Omar El Akkad  June 16, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Helen Ellis on Writing About People You Know (in a Nice Way).

    By Helen Ellis  June 16, 2023
    Cultural Studies

    The Story of American Ice Begins with an Outrageous Marketing Plan

    By Jeff VanderMeer  June 16, 2023
    Jane Austen

    A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

    By Sayantani DasGupta  June 16, 2023
    Writing About War

    Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

    By Mirinae Lee  June 16, 2023
    Artists in Conversation

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    By Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim  June 16, 2023
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