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Frederick Douglass and the Language of the Self

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
July 1, 1981
Books

In Search of Albertine

The feminist afterlives of Proust's iconic character
Victoria Baena
January 22, 2024
A Closer Look

Langston Hughes's "China"

Why the previously unpublished poem is a revelation
Selina Lai-Henderson
February 1, 2024
From the Archives

The Idea of Perfection

Iris Murdoch
March 1, 1964
From the Archives

A Negro Nation

W. E. B. Du Bois
October 1, 1942
Books

Terrance Hayes Won't Be Pinned Down

The virtuosic poet is still finding new ways to dazzle—and thwart—his readers
Stephanie Burt
February 7, 2024
Objects of Desire

Jars with Well-Fitting Lids

Seeing loss more clearly
Catherine Lacey
February 14, 2024
From the Archives

Letter to a Young Novelist

Mario Vargas Llosa,
translated by Natasha Wimmer
July 1, 2002
Books

Renaissance Women

A new book celebrates—and sells short—Shakespeare’s sisters
Catherine Nicholson
March 4, 2024
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Gender Wars

Two scholars excavate the origins of today’s trans backlash
Paisley Currah
March 4, 2024