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How We Fictionalize Our Politics

How We Fictionalize Our Politics

On writing history and ideology into fictional lives

By Tobias Carroll | February 18, 2016

What Bill Cosby Taught Me About Sexual Violence and Flying

What Bill Cosby Taught Me About Sexual Violence and Flying

Kiese Laymon on Justice, Honesty, and American Violence

By Kiese Laymon | February 16, 2016

"Seriously, This Is Insane." And Other Debate Reactions.

Translating the GOP and Democratic Debates into Plain English

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf | February 16, 2016

Was Antonin Scalia the Most Literary Supreme Court Justice?

Was Antonin Scalia the Most Literary Supreme Court Justice?

The Intersection of Law and Literature on the Supreme Court, By the Numbers

By Ami A. Dodson and Scott Dodson | February 15, 2016

Pander, Lie, Equivocate: The New Hampshire Primary Debates

Pander, Lie, Equivocate: The New Hampshire Primary Debates

Whoever Did It Best Is Today’s Winner!

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf | February 9, 2016

Why James Baldwin's Truth Still Holds Today

Why James Baldwin's Truth Still Holds Today

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. on race in America

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | February 5, 2016

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You Don’t Have to Be a Veteran to Write About War

By Matt Gallagher | February 2, 2016

How the New York Times Fails to Depict the Reality of War

By David Shields | February 2, 2016

Deciphering a Trump-Free Debate

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf | February 1, 2016

Donald Trump, All-American Know-Nothing Nativist

Donald Trump, All-American Know-Nothing Nativist

As Sinclair Lewis Foretold, It Can Always Happen Here

By David L. Ulin | February 1, 2016

A Novel of Putin's Russia That Got Its Writer Beaten Up

A Novel of Putin's Russia That Got Its Writer Beaten Up

The Courage of Reporter-Turned-Novelist Oleg Kashin

By Will Evans | January 25, 2016

Writing While Black

Writing While Black

On Cliche, Stereotype, and the Struggle to Describe Blackness

By Morgan Jerkins | January 22, 2016

A Very Odd Night in a Possibly Fake North Korean Village

A Very Odd Night in a Possibly Fake North Korean Village

In Which Food Poisoning is Diagnosed as "Culture Shock"

By Magnus Bartas and Fredrik Ekman | January 21, 2016

There's No Place For Joy in Today's Moscow

There's No Place For Joy in Today's Moscow

Sergei Lebedev Mourns a City Sealed in Silence

By Sergei Lebedev | January 20, 2016

The Democrats' Secret Debating Society, Part IV

The Democrats' Secret Debating Society, Part IV

Translating the Euphemisms of Bernie and Hillary

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf | January 20, 2016

Cheats, Liars, and Madmen:

Cheats, Liars, and Madmen: "New York Values" and Other Lines

The Sixth Republican Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf | January 19, 2016

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