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- The transgressive legacy of Christopher Marlowe
- The professional costs of criticizing the Trump administration
- On the presence of ICE in Harlan County, Kentucky
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“Those Folks Never Had Their Lights Turned Off.” On the Literary Importance of Highlighting the Haves and the Have-Nots
From Barroom Chats with Raymond Carver to the Aperçus of Thomas Piketty, Douglas Unger Explores Class Consciousness in American Letters
On the Environmental and Philosophical Factors Behind Literary Creation
Steve Wasserman Deconstructs the “Writer’s Space”
Satanic Sympathies: On the Demon Depictions That Helped Jamie Quarto Write Two-Step Devil
Featuring Work by William Blake, Rabih Alammedine, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and More
On the Remarkable Legacy of Lewis Lapham
Elias Altman Remembers His Boss' Advice on Writing, Editing, and When a Deal's a Deal
All or Nothing: Deborah Levy on Marguerite Duras’s The Lover
“Duras never covertly apologizes for the moral or psychological way that she exists in the world.”
Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales
Douglas J. Penick on Capturing the Essence of South Asian Mythology For a Contemporary Western Audience
Richard Powers on Catching Up with the Unconscious
In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
Joshua Mohr on Getting Out of the Comfort Zone
From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner
Mikhail Zygar on Putin, Ukraine, and the Future of Russia
On Sun Valley Writers’ Conference’s Beyond the Page
The house from Practical Magic has inspired an architectural design trend.
(And you'll never guess what it's called.)
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring New Titles by Louise Erdrich, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and More
Mundane Preaching: On the Shortfalls of “Awareness Raising” Video Games
Marijam Did Considers the Parallels Between Fine Arts and Games When It Comes to Creating Political Products
Two Apple Problem: What “Show, Don’t Tell” Means in Graphic Narratives
Jesse Lee Kercheval on Drawing a Memoir
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