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The Literary is Political
On Poetry, Resistance, and the Shift from Sadness to Resolve
November 11, 2016
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The Words and Work of
Leonard Cohen
A Great Poet of the 20th Century is Dead
November 11, 2016
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A 90-Year-Old John Berger is Not Surprised By President Trump
One of Our Great Thinkers in Conversation with Paul Holdengraber
November 11, 2016
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On the Morning After, and Moving from Mourning to Hope
Edie Meidav on Grief and the Resistance to Come
November 11, 2016
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Inside a Perfect Replica of New York City
On the Elaborate Microcosm First Constructed for the 1964 World's Fair
November 11, 2016
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What Can Historical Fiction Accomplish That History Does Not?
On Time, the Past, and Einstein's Theory of Relativity
November 10, 2016
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10 Japanese Books by Women We’d Love to See in English
Strong Women, Soft Power
November 10, 2016
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A Long, Sad Night in Washington, DC
Timothy Denevi Considers the Fate of the Republic
November 9, 2016
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When Your Characters Live Inside Your Childhood Home
Sara Schaff on Revisiting the House She Grew Up in Through Fiction
November 9, 2016
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A Book Doesn't Have to Be Long
to Win an Award
Why We Don't Need to Make the National Book Awards 'Great' Again
November 8, 2016
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The Beginning or the End? Writers on the Age of Trump
On the Eve of the Election, Which America Are We?
November 7, 2016
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This Could Happen To Us:
10 Literary Apocalypses
On the Eve of the Election, Fictional Disasters from the Last Five Years
November 7, 2016
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I Drove 3,582 Miles to Vote for the President
Susan Straight on the Sacred Act of Casting a Vote
November 7, 2016
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The Revolution Won't Be Televised
Lewis Lapham on the Degradation of a Powerful Political Concept
November 3, 2016
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Toni Morrison on Reality TV, Black Lives Matter, and Meeting Jeff Bezos
In Conversation with One of America's Greatest Writers
October 28, 2016
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