André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

"The irrealis mood disrupts all verbal tenses, moods, and aspects."

By André Aciman | January 21, 2021

On the Power of Afrofuturism in the 21st Century

On the Power of Afrofuturism in the 21st Century

Tim Fielder Details the Legacies of Radical Black Imaginaries

By Tim Fielder | January 21, 2021

Writing the Story of Aunt Jemima's Modern Descendant

Writing the Story of Aunt Jemima's Modern Descendant

Ladee Hubbard Reflects on the Erasure of Racial Violence, Rather than Its Disavowal

By Ladee Hubbard | January 21, 2021

The Cost of Free Speech Has Never Been Equal

The Cost of Free Speech Has Never Been Equal

Frederick M. Lawrence Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 21, 2021

President Joe Biden panders to writers everywhere by ALSO doing last-minute edits.

President Joe Biden panders to writers everywhere by ALSO doing last-minute edits.

By Jonny Diamond | January 20, 2021

Read every presidential inauguration poem ever performed (there are fewer than you think).

Read every presidential inauguration poem ever performed (there are fewer than you think).

By Emily Temple | January 20, 2021

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How Economists Turned America Against the Minimum Wage

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Read an open letter from publishing professionals condemning Trump enablers’ book deals.

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25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

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Rethinking Popular Assumptions of Fiction Writing

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Conflagration and Catastrophe: On Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Doom of COVID-19

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Daniel Allen Cox: "Symbolism allows us to avoid thinking about the thing itself."

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Finding Power in the Collective Voice of Kurdish Women

Finding Power in the Collective Voice of Kurdish Women

Houzan Mahmoud on Anthologizing the Stories of a People

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On the Contradictions of Whiteness, Revolution, and Freedom

On the Contradictions of Whiteness, Revolution, and Freedom

Tyler Stovall Looks at the "Red Years" After WWI

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Will Biden’s Administration Step Backward in Immigration?

Will Biden’s Administration Step Backward in Immigration?

Elliott Young Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

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