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A Brief History of the <em>New York Times</em> Wedding Announcements

A Brief History of the New York Times Wedding Announcements

Cate Doty on the Evolution of a Society Mainstay

By Cate Doty | May 14, 2021

“A House is Just a Pile of Stuff with a Cover on It.” When Less Really is More

“A House is Just a Pile of Stuff with a Cover on It.” When Less Really is More

Leidy Klotz on How Hard It Can Be to Truly Subtract From Our Lives

By Leidy Klotz | April 30, 2021

20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

In Honor of the Hard Pants We Will Soon Wear Once More

By Emily Temple | April 23, 2021

The Anxiety of Influence: On the Few Books I Was Able to Read While Writing My Own

The Anxiety of Influence: On the Few Books I Was Able to Read While Writing My Own

Marcia Butler Recommends Jonathan Lee, Akhil Sharma, and More

By Marcia Butler | April 1, 2021

This bizarre reality television moment might as well be a scene in a Kafka novel.

This bizarre reality television moment might as well be a scene in a Kafka novel.

By Walker Caplan | March 12, 2021

How Virginia Woolf’s Time-Traveling Androgynous Hero Became Shorthand for Fashion’s Genderless Future 

How Virginia Woolf’s Time-Traveling Androgynous Hero Became Shorthand for Fashion’s Genderless Future 

Sophie Wilson on the Liberation Looks Inspired by Orlando

By Sophie Wilson | March 9, 2021

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When Do Unspoken Social Rules Become Fashion Laws?

When Do Unspoken Social Rules Become Fashion Laws?

Richard Thompson Ford on the Time a Top Hat Scandalized London

By Richard Thompson Ford | February 10, 2021

Rooms of Their Own: Where Some of the Best Women Writers Created Art

Rooms of Their Own: Where Some of the Best Women Writers Created Art

Lauren Marino on the Spaces of Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, and Others

By Lauren Marino | February 4, 2021

The Unmade Edges of Language: On the Poetry of Alvin Feinman

The Unmade Edges of Language: On the Poetry of Alvin Feinman

James Geary: "Alvin’s poems exist at the extreme reaches of speech, the far outskirts of thought."

By James Geary | January 25, 2021

Defiant Style: A Story of African Women, in Photographs and Fashion

Defiant Style: A Story of African Women, in Photographs and Fashion

Catherine E. McKinley on the Sewing Machine as a Tool of Empowerment

By Catherine E. McKinley | January 20, 2021

25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

Rethinking Popular Assumptions of Fiction Writing

By Matthew Salesses | January 19, 2021

People Still Ask: How Do Writers Get Their Ideas?

People Still Ask: How Do Writers Get Their Ideas?

Lore Segal on Failing and Failing Again

By Lore Segal | January 6, 2021

What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

Jane Gallop in Conversation with H. Aram Veeser

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