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4Columns is closing up shop. Here are 10 unmissable pieces from their archives.

4Columns is closing up shop. Here are 10 unmissable pieces from their archives.

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Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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Give It All Away? On the Literature of Effective Altruism

Give It All Away? On the Literature of Effective Altruism

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Five Experimental Anti-Novels That Break the Form (Beautifully)

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What Are the Revolutionaries Reading? Activists Recommend Essential Texts

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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