Essays

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The Shapes of Grief

Witnessing the unbearable
Christina Sharpe
The Moment

Palestinian Solidarity, Then and Now

The power of encampment as a form of protest
Feisal G. Mohamed
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Louise Glück’s Late Style

The fabular turn in the poet’s last three books
Teju Cole
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Jean Stein’s Rolodex

The legendary editor’s social genius
Benjamin Anastas
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The Path to Playwright

Discovering my literary hero in an unlikely place
Sonya Kelly
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The Frictions of Interracial Love

How one fundamental difference can color every aspect of marriage
Anne Anlin Cheng

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Louie Bellson lighting Pearl Bailey's cigarette
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Cultural Differences

How fictional portrayals of intermarriage haven't quite caught up
Jennifer Acker
April 1, 2019
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Music in the Second Person

Listening to Opus 110
Mark Mazullo
April 1, 2019
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Myth and Anarchy

Matthew Spellberg
April 1, 2019
A photograph of Ann Petry.
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Nothing New Under the Sun

Ann Petry’s The Street and The Narrows
Emily Bernard
April 1, 2019
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The Hall-Mills Murder Trial, 1926

A consideration of death
Harold Schechter
April 1, 2019
A portrait by Picasso of Gertrude Stein.
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“Sitting at the Table” with Stein and Ashbery

“An Occasion” for Thin[g]king
Karin Roffman
April 1, 2019
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“The Lonely Hearts Killer,” 1957-1958

Notes on a killing
Harold Schechter
March 18, 2019
Northern lights in blue and red on black sky
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How After the Quake You Returned to What Was Lost

A brief moment
Éireann Lorsung
March 11, 2019
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The “American Tragedy” Murder, 1906

Notes on a killing
Harold Schechter
March 4, 2019
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Ode to my Father’s Boots

On aging
Cornelius Eady
February 28, 2019