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The Charged Meaning of Hair in 19th-Century America

Sarah Gold McBride on Race in the United States, Tresses as Culture, and the Field of “Whiskerology”

June 9, 2025  By Sarah Gold McBride   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  History  Literary Criticism  Politics 
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June 9, 2025  By Jaha Nailah Avery   Posted In  Features  History  Memoir  News and Culture 
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From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

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June 9, 2025  By Leila Sales   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Music  News and Culture 
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On Marianne Moore, Unexpected Celebrity Poet of Midcentury America

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Tatiana de Rosnay Unpacks the Lines Between Translating and Crafting Bilingually

June 9, 2025  By Tatiana de Rosnay   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  On Translation 
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"I spend the hours-long dream chanting the line, determined to remember it, because the part of me that is awake, that is aware, knows I will want it later."

June 9, 2025  By Hala Alyan   Posted In  Features  Memoir  News and Culture 
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