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James Baldwin in Paris: On the Virtuosic Shame of <em>Giovanni's Room</em>

James Baldwin in Paris: On the Virtuosic Shame of Giovanni's Room

"If France proffered him love, it also bathed him in a peculiar shade of loneliness."

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 25, 2019

How Can We Stop the Air We Breathe from Slowly Poisoning Us?

How Can We Stop the Air We Breathe from Slowly Poisoning Us?

Beth Gardiner on Surviving This World We've Made

By Beth Gardiner | April 19, 2019

A State-By-State Survey of Literary Masterpieces

A State-By-State Survey of Literary Masterpieces

As Determined by the Most Prestigious Literary Prizes in the Country

By Emily Temple | January 23, 2019

Where New York's Literary Single Girls Lived

Where New York's Literary Single Girls Lived

Amy Rowland on the Legacy of Women's-Only Boardinghouses

By Amy Rowland | January 17, 2019

Reading Across America: A Poetry Reading on an NYC Subway Car?

Reading Across America: A Poetry Reading on an NYC Subway Car?

On the International Express Through the Immigrant Communities of Queens

By KC Trommer | January 2, 2019

Whose Streets? A Conversation About Walking

Whose Streets? A Conversation About Walking

Aminatta Forna Talks To Taiye Selasi

By John Freeman | December 20, 2018

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Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

“Today is when we find out who’s a football player.”

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Ibtihaj Muhammad: Finding a Home in the (White) World of Fencing

Ibtihaj Muhammad: Finding a Home in the (White) World of Fencing

"Everything around me seemed like a dream. Fencers that looked like me."

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