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“A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing
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Joyce Carol Oates
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“Untitled Medley.” A Poem by Olatunde Osinaike
“I think they like me / like that: with the black off.”
By
Olatunde Osinaike
| December 5, 2023
The Reservoir
David Duchovny
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Don Lee
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By
Marc Ribot
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How Black Writers Capture the Comedy and Dark Absurdity of Life in America
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By
Keenan Norris
| June 22, 2021
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Salar Abdoh
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By
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By
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The Origin Stories of 21 Indie Presses
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"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"