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A Book Club of Two: The Time I Started a James Joyce Reading Group in College
Kristopher Jansma on the Special Magic of Reading “Ulysses”
What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness
Amanda Bellows on the Scottish-Born Naturalist’s Early Years in the United States
How Beyoncé’s “Formation” Embodies the Ethos of Black Womanhood
Catherine Joy White on Black Women's Long History of Resistance and Collective Struggle
Byron and Borgia: A Meditation on an Impossible Encounter
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The Worst Dads in All of Literature: An Incomplete List
Garth Risk Hallberg on the Dysfunctional Fathers of the Western Canon
How to Win The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest
Eight-Time Winner Lawrence Wood Offers Some Tips For Constructing the Perfect Phase
“Historical Fanfiction.” The Deceptive, Dangerous Simplicity of Originalism in American Politics
Madiba K. Dennie on the Antiquated Conservatism Underpinning the United States’ Highest Courts of Law
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"Rachel Cusk’s repeated attempts to exterminate the novel while still writing one are genuinely impressive."
Escaping the Censors’ Gaze: Lai Wen on Sci-Fi and the Need for Chinese Protest Literature Today
Xinran in Conversation with the Author of "Tiananmen Square"
Camille Bordas on What Stand-Up Comedy Can Teach Writing Workshops About Growing Thicker Skin
Adam Ehrlich Sachs in Conversation with the Author of “The Material”
Moments of Recognition: On Locating Queerness in Bureaucratic Records
Michael Waters Explores the Subjectivity of State Categorization of Queer Identities and Relationships
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