Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place
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“Invasion is a Structure Not an Event.” On Settler Colonialism and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Robert G. Parkinson on Historicizing Imperial Encounters at Home and Abroad
The Narrative Pleasures of Social Discomfort: A Reading List of School Reunion Stories
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A Queer, Carnivalesque Vision of Chile’s Independence Day from Pedro Lemebel
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Eternal Solace: Eve J. Chung on Tradition, Family and Mourning in Taiwan
“I do not idealize the afterlife, but that is largely because of the privilege I have in my present.”
Lost and Found: KB Brookins on Masculinity, Gender and Trauma
"I was a girl in the imagination of others and nowhere else."
Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello on Comedy Partnership
This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso
Doreen St. Félix on Using Pop Culture to Consider Society
In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics
When Judith Jones Brought Sylvia Plath and Julia Child to American Bookshelves
Sara B. Franklin on the Legendary Editor’s Mentorship of Two Iconic Authors
You’ll Need More Than That Reverse Cowgirl: The Craft of Writing (Actually) Good Sex Scenes
Yael van der Wouden Explores the Literary-Erotic Power of Tension, Character Motivation, Weirdness, and Discomfort
Art as Inspiration: How Collage Can Help Create Compelling Characters
Emma Copley Eisenberg Explores Another Kind of Craft Technique
How Willa Cather Chronicled the Development of American Theater
James Shapiro on the Social and Cultural Impact of Film’s Triumph Over the Stage
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