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A Novel That Celebrates—and Mourns—Pre-Revolutionary Iran

A Novel That Celebrates—and Mourns—Pre-Revolutionary Iran

Dina Nayeri on Javad Djavaher's My Part of Her

By Dina Nayeri | February 11, 2020

How not to separate your church from your state: Tennessee seeks to make Bible “state book.”

How not to separate your church from your state: Tennessee seeks to make Bible “state book.”

By Jonny Diamond | February 10, 2020

Vivian Gornick and the Revolution That Won't End

Vivian Gornick and the Revolution That Won't End

John Freeman with the Author of Unfinished Business

By John Freeman | February 10, 2020

Poverty, Anxiety, and Gender in Scottish Working-Class Literature

Poverty, Anxiety, and Gender in Scottish Working-Class Literature

Douglas Stuart Offers a Reading List in Response to
"The Glasgow Effect"

By Douglas Stuart | February 10, 2020

The Maggie Nelson Test for Lesbian Dating Success

The Maggie Nelson Test for Lesbian Dating Success

Jenn Shapland on The Argonauts and Building a Life

By Jenn Shapland | February 10, 2020

A new law aimed at the gig economy is affecting writers. Lawmakers are trying to change it.

A new law aimed at the gig economy is affecting writers. Lawmakers are trying to change it.

By Corinne Segal | February 7, 2020

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Brilliance and Blind Spots:
Rereading Joan Didion in This Hard American Winter of 2020

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 7, 2020

Richard Wagamese on Anti-Native Racism and Deciding to Fight Back

By Richard Wagamese | February 7, 2020

How Nazism's Rise in Europe Spurred Anti-Semitic Movements in the US

By Donna Rifkind | February 7, 2020

Some Very Doable Steps Toward a Plant-Based Kitchen

Some Very Doable Steps Toward a Plant-Based Kitchen

Tips for Batch Cooking, Meat Alternatives, and More

By Nil Zacharias and Gene Stone | February 7, 2020

Even the Founding Fathers Couldn't Envision a President Like Trump

Even the Founding Fathers Couldn't Envision a President Like Trump

Liesl Schillinger on Alexander Hamilton, Alexis de Tocqueville, and the Power of the Presidency

By Liesl Schillinger | February 6, 2020

Sylvia Ann Hewlett on #MeToo in the Corporate World

Sylvia Ann Hewlett on #MeToo in the Corporate World

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady
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By Just the Right Book | February 6, 2020

To Understand America's Fear-Driven Response to Terrorism, Look to Chicago

To Understand America's Fear-Driven Response to Terrorism, Look to Chicago

Laurence Ralph on "Policification," from Chicago to Guantánamo

By Laurence Ralph | February 6, 2020

Julian Bond Unified the Language of Black and Queer Civil Rights

Julian Bond Unified the Language of Black and Queer Civil Rights

On the Hard Work of Bridging the Gap Between Progressive Movements

By Michael G. Long | February 5, 2020

A light in the darkness: Garth Greenwell live-tweeted the Iowa Caucuses and it was delightful.

A light in the darkness: Garth Greenwell live-tweeted the Iowa Caucuses and it was delightful.

By Jonny Diamond | February 4, 2020

Dahlia Lithwick and Moira Donegan: What Happens When Women<br> Tell the Truth

Dahlia Lithwick and Moira Donegan: What Happens When Women
Tell the Truth

A Conversation on Brett Kavanaugh, Freud, and "Male Law"

By Literary Hub | February 4, 2020

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