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Christian Wiman
Kaveh Akbar! Anthony Veasna So! Irreverent travel! 24 books out in paperback this December.
By
Gabrielle Bellot
| December 2, 2024
The Annotated Nightstand: What Julia Alvarez is Reading Now and Next
Featuring T.S. Eliot, Ellen Bass, Dorianne Laux, and Others
By
Diana Arterian
| April 4, 2024
Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction
“Once I wanted poetry to save me. From what? For what is the better question.”
By
Christian Wiman
| December 5, 2023
The Velvet Underground! Anthony Veasna So! Queer Sci-Fi! 21 new books out today.
By
Gabrielle Bellot
| December 5, 2023
An Essay About Men: Considering the Inner Worlds of Those Who Are Taught to Deny Them
Holly Haworth on Robert Bly, Toxic Masculinity, and the Hole at the Center of Our World
By
Holly Haworth
| April 7, 2022
In Praise of a Brazen Poet: On the Essays of Kay Ryan, Outsider
Jason Guriel Considers the Legacy of a Literary Maverick
By
Jason Guriel
| April 28, 2021
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By
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Nick Ripatrazone
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by
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To Break Up with Friends, or to Murder Them: 5 Novels Featuring Fatal Friendship Failings
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by
Jenna Satterthwaite
The Trauma Behind the "Good Old Days": Christina Henry on the Dark Trap of Nostalgia in Fiction
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by
Christina Henry
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"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"