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Lessons of the Line

Charles Simic and me
Dana Levin
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Ucky Art

Judith Scott, Eva Hesse, and the visceral power of "texxture"
Lauren Elkin
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Unfathomable Life

As a philosopher, I thought I understood risk. Then I tried to get pregnant.
Anna Hartford
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Spiritualism’s Shadows

On COVID-19 and false consolation
Alicia Puglionesi
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Heat Maps

Desire in the dark
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Objects of Desire

Jars with Well-Fitting Lids

Seeing loss more clearly
Catherine Lacey

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Unliving Hands

Lyric Distance in Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth”
Adam Keller
July 1, 2018
The tombstone of Naomi Wise.
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The Murder of “Omie Wise,” 1808

Notes on a killing
Harold Schechter
June 29, 2018
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The Colt-Adams Affair, 1841

Notes on a murder
Harold Schechter
June 25, 2018
A detail of a screaming face
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Sensitivity/Enlightenment

A distinction
Feisal G. Mohamed
June 5, 2018
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The Trunk Murders, 1931

Notes on a killing
Harold Schechter
May 27, 2018
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Religion/Fundamentalism

A distinction
Feisal G. Mohamed
May 21, 2018
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The Kidnapping of Little Charley Ross, 1874

Notes on a killing
Harold Schechter
May 14, 2018
Flemish painting of people paying taxes
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Deep Politics, Shallow Politics

Feisal G. Mohamed
May 10, 2018
A typewriter. https://www.flickr.com/photos/22017189@N00/2621358221
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100 Things About Writing a Novel

What to do—and when to do it
Alexander Chee
April 1, 2018
A still of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts in "The Andy Griffith Show."

Mayberry, USA

Visiting the inspiration for this quintessential American town.
Yunte Huang
April 1, 2018