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“James Baldwin writes down to nobody.” Read Langston Hughes’ 1958 Review of Notes of a Native Son
“He is trying very hard to write up to himself.”
From Tragedy to Farce: On the Changing Story of Facebook
David Kirkpatrick in Conversation With Andrew Keen
“Complete Attention to Two Things at Once.” On the Women Who Rewrote the Motherhood Plot
Julie Phillips Considers the Groundbreaking British Mother-Writers of the 1960s, from A.S. Byatt to Lorna Sage
Rachel Krantz on Using the Tools of Immersion Journalism in Her Own Life
In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But
“They Have to Eat and Pay Their Bills.” Sarah Yurch on Resignations in the Publishing Industry
In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books
On Sigmund Freud and the “Dream Space” of the Hebrew Bible
From Season 3 of The Cosmic Library Podcast
Triple Pointers and McJordans: Readings by Michael Wheaton, K-Ming Chang, and Dorothy Chan
From Micro, a Podcast for Short But Powerful Writing
Imagine If… by Ken Robinson and Kate Robinson, Read by Kate Robinson
On the Need for Creativity and Imagination in Education
On the Disappearing of Joan Vollmer Burroughs
Katie Bennett Measures the Emotional Toll of Writing a Feminist Recovery Story
Illustrating Patricia Highsmith’s Literary Career
From Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer’s Graphic Novel
Ten Books to Help Understand the Conflicts in South Sudan and Ethiopia
Caroline Kurtz Recommends Maaza Mengiste, Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Dinaw Mengestu, and More
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