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PEN President Jennifer Finney Boylan Announces Plans to Review PEN’s Work Going Back a Decade

PEN President Jennifer Finney Boylan Announces Plans to Review PEN’s Work Going Back a Decade

Facing Widespread Criticism, PEN America Responds

By Literary Hub | April 18, 2024

Jesus Had Needs, Too: On the Sacred Blasphemy of <em>The Last Temptation of Christ</em>

Jesus Had Needs, Too: On the Sacred Blasphemy of The Last Temptation of Christ

Ed Simon Considers the Literary and Cinematic Representations of Christianity's Chief Paradox

By Ed Simon | March 29, 2024

Sacrifice and Obedience: Marilynne Robinson on the Timeless Tale of Abraham and Isaac

Sacrifice and Obedience: Marilynne Robinson on the Timeless Tale of Abraham and Isaac

Considering the Narrative Underpinnings of the Book of Genesis

By Marilynne Robinson | March 15, 2024

What American Divorces Tell Us About American Marriages

What American Divorces Tell Us About American Marriages

Lyz Lenz on the Inseparable Histories of Matrimony and Disunion in the United States

By Lyz Lenz | February 22, 2024

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

The Author of "King Nyx" on the Paranormalist Charles Fort, Theodore Dreiser, and Dismissing Women's Intellects

By Kirsten Bakis | February 21, 2024

The Complicated—Yet Inspiring!—History of Spiritualism in America

The Complicated—Yet Inspiring!—History of Spiritualism in America

S.E. Porter on the 19th-Century Movement and Its Righteous Yet Flawed Fight For Justice

By S. E. Porter | February 16, 2024

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No Safe Place to Grieve: The Trauma of Muslim Americans Living Under Surveillance

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Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

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Why Are We Here? On the Philosophical Possibilities of “Cosmic Purpose”

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Philip Pullman, Philip Goff, and Nigel Warburton Ponder the Big Questions of Our Existence

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Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

“Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite.”

By Rebecca Solnit | January 11, 2024

Is There Any Bond Stronger than Twinship?

Is There Any Bond Stronger than Twinship?

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How a 17th Century Priest Invented the Russian Novel

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Too Good To Be True: How Angels Continue to Inspire

Too Good To Be True: How Angels Continue to Inspire

Ed Simon Considers the Cultural Legacy of These Heavenly Archetypes

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The Divided Self is Every Immigrant’s Legacy

The Divided Self is Every Immigrant’s Legacy

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The (Not So) Lost Buddhisms of India

The (Not So) Lost Buddhisms of India

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