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Action: A Book About Sex

Action: A Book About Sex

Amy Rose Spiegel

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 19, 2016

What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?

What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?

Robin Wasserman on the Unstoppable Wave of "Girl"-Titled Books

By Robin Wasserman | May 18, 2016

Using Crime Fiction to Present Fully Formed Muslim Characters

Using Crime Fiction to Present Fully Formed Muslim Characters

Ausma Zehanat Khan, Human Rights Activist and Mystery Writer

By Marni Graff | May 9, 2016

Why Writers Shouldn't Boycott North Carolina

Why Writers Shouldn't Boycott North Carolina

Protest Should Be in the Trenches, Not From Afar

By Lucy Kogler | May 6, 2016

What is the Writer's Place in a Violent World?

What is the Writer's Place in a Violent World?

Before we describe, we must first be willing to look

By Maaza Mengiste | May 5, 2016

The Free Market Isn't Really Free

The Free Market Isn't Really Free

Robert B. Reich on Power, Big Banks, and Democracy

By Robert B. Reich | May 4, 2016

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Jenny Diski Understood Things That No One Else Could Explain

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Remembering the Poets Who Fought For Irish Independence

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Was I a Torturer in Iraq?

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On Practicing "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" for the US Government

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Remembering the Great C.D. Wright

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How the Renown Poet Used Poetry to Address Injustice

By Zoey Cole | April 18, 2016

A Way Forward for Literary Activism in the Digital Age

A Way Forward for Literary Activism in the Digital Age

Moving Beyond the the Binary of "With Us or Against Us"

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Was Yeats'

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How Poetry Transcends Political Crises Through Time

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Every Poem I Write Is About Ted Cruz

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Gabriel Ojeda-Sague on Santería, Poetry, and Not Feeling Latino "Enough"

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Fashion Designer Charles Harbison on the Books that Influence Him

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From Elie Wiesel to Patti Smith, James Baldwin, and the Bible

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Adam Gopnik on the Ur-Gentrification Story of Place des Vosges

Adam Gopnik on the Ur-Gentrification Story of Place des Vosges

“It soon became apparent they were worth more as residences than as manufacturing spaces.”

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