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The Ploughshares Blog
This is the lively literary blog of Ploughshares, the award-winning literary journal of Emerson College in central Boston. The blog was launched in 2009.
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The Normal School
“We’re just sort of the lit mag equivalent of the kid who always has bottle caps, cat’s eye marbles, dead animal skulls, little blue men and other treasures in his pockets.” The Normal School is a biannual publication for people who love to read.
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Getting Lost in the Magic of Maps: Three Stories
Real or fictional, maps don’t just represent space — they also make storytelling possible.
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Literary Hub
Lit Hub is a central place for writers, publishers, books, bookstores, librarians, and readers to congregate and celebrate books and literary culture.
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n+1
n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature, culture, and politics published three times a year. New online-only writing is posted several times a week.
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The Missouri Review
Founded in 1978, The Missouri Review is based at the University of Missouri and publishes four issues yearly. Each issue includes stories, poetry features, and essays, which are selected from among 12,000 unsolicited submissions sent from writers around the world each year.
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The Last Word On Nothing
“Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing,” said Victor Hugo. The Last Word on Nothing is a collaborative blog by science writers all over the world. They write for publications like New Scientist, Scientific American, Smithsonian, National Geographic, and more.
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The Paris Review Daily
The Daily is the blog of the Paris Review, the quarterly literary publication dedicated to culture and the arts.
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How We Escape It: An Essay
“Writing is one thing, living is another—or maybe not. In this, our life-as-maze, we can either spend our days wishing the maze weren’t so difficult or accept the challenge and be a-mazed in turn.” At JSTOR Daily, Mary Cappello pens a scholarly longread on what it means to escape.
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Granta Magazine
Granta is a London-based literary quarterly that publishes a range of writing from Nobel laureates to debut novelists. In its themed issues, you’ll find fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and interviews.
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The Public Medievalist
From Game of Thrones to white-supremacist imagery, echoes of medieval culture are part of the current moment. The Public Medievalist is a webzine that explores the intersection of medieval history and modern politics and culture.
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The Walrus
The Walrus, a magazine about Canada and its place in the world, publishes longform journalism, essays, fiction, poetry, illustrations, and photography by Canada’s best writers and artists.
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Guernica – A Magazine of Global Arts
Founded in 2004, Guernica is an award-winning magazine focused on the intersection of global arts and politics, run entirely by volunteers.
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Unbroken
“I pull into the park district lot, rain pelting against the windshield, and as usual there are no spaces available near the building entrance so I make a bee line toward a spot at the far end . . .” At Thread, Jane Donaldson writes a one-sentence essay — and the sentence is 832 words.
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The Millions
Called an “indispensable literary site” by the New York Times, The Millions covers the latest in books, culture, and the arts.
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