Shuang Xuetao: Writing Rouge Street, a Home for Exiles of Chinese Modernity
Guernica Magazine
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Shuang Xuetao: Writing Rouge Street, a Home for Exiles of Chinese Modernity
Jun 14, 2022
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The Politics of Gatekeeping
Poets & Writers
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The Politics of Gatekeeping
Oct 7, 2020
FOR many emerging writers, literary magazines are a way to get a foot in the door, to snag a byline, and to build a portfolio of work that might one day lead to a full manuscript, a chapbook, an artistic collaboration, or whatever form success might
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Kanishk Tharoor on Writing Outside of Western Traditions
Literary Hub
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Kanishk Tharoor on Writing Outside of Western Traditions
Mar 16, 2017
For years I knew Kanishk Tharoor primarily as the author of thoughtful essays about history, in the broadest sense: not just what happened in the past but also how humans have explored the past, made sense of the past, contested the past. So when I s
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Toward an Expanded Canon of Black Literature
Literary Hub
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Toward an Expanded Canon of Black Literature
Jan 3, 2019
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Independent Bookstore as Essential Political Act
Literary Hub
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Independent Bookstore as Essential Political Act
Mar 28, 2017
I was recently in San Francisco’s Mission District with an hour to kill. In general I hate having to kill time—I never know what to do—and to make things worse I was tired and just wanted to be home with a good book. So I wandered along, trying to fi
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Introducing an Expanded Books Section
The Atlantic
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Introducing an Expanded Books Section
May 16, 2022
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Writing Is Thinking: Martha Anne Toll in Conversation with Ed Simon
The Millions
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Writing Is Thinking: Martha Anne Toll in Conversation with Ed Simon
Jul 28, 2021
Writers write, that's what we do—that's what we need to do. Writing is how I organize my experience and make sense of the world; in some ways writing is itself synonymous with thinking for me. The post Writing Is Thinking: Martha Anne Toll in Convers
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Canary In The Cultural Coalmine
The Critic Magazine
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Canary In The Cultural Coalmine
Sep 30, 2021
IT IS FIVE YEARS SINCE THE 2003 ORANGE-PRIZE WINNING NOVELIST, Lionel Shriver, delivered a speech at the Brisbane Literary Festival in which she argued against the concept of “cultural appropriation”, an expression that in 2016 was only beginning to
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The Radical Moralist: On Lionel Trilling’s Literary Criticism
Literary Hub
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The Radical Moralist: On Lionel Trilling’s Literary Criticism
Oct 30, 2018
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Through the Looking Glass
Writer's Digest
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Through the Looking Glass
Dec 27, 2018
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To Abolish the Chinese Language: On a Century of Reformist Rhetoric
Literary Hub
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To Abolish the Chinese Language: On a Century of Reformist Rhetoric
Sep 15, 2017
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The Many Faces of Cultural Appropriation
Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly
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The Many Faces of Cultural Appropriation
Dec 7, 2021
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David Hayden: “Men Still Too Often See Their Writing as the Canon”
Literary Hub
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David Hayden: “Men Still Too Often See Their Writing as the Canon”
May 25, 2018
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Diving Deep
Creative Nonfiction
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Diving Deep
May 8, 2017
Serial immersionist TED CONOVER on the connections between anthropology and journalism; knowing when to resist digression; and the importance of writing “across the aisle.” TED CONOVER has spent his entire career delving into different cultural world
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Reviewers & Critics
Poets & Writers
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Reviewers & Critics
Oct 10, 2018
PARUL Sehgal is a senior editor and columnist at the New York Times Book Review. Previously she was books editor at NPR and a senior editor at Publishers Weekly. She grew up in Washington, D.C., Delhi, Manila, Budapest, and Montreal, where she studie
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Herman Melville: How to Promote Your Future Classic About Whales
Literary Hub
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Herman Melville: How to Promote Your Future Classic About Whales
Nov 14, 2018
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Reviewers & Critics
Poets & Writers
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Reviewers & Critics
Apr 12, 2017
PARUL Sehgal is a senior editor and columnist at the New York Times Book Review. Previously she was books editor at NPR and a senior editor at Publishers Weekly. She grew up in Washington, D.C., Delhi, Manila, Budapest, and Montreal, where she studie
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Introducing the New Editor of The Yale Review: Meghan O’Rourke
Literary Hub
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Introducing the New Editor of The Yale Review: Meghan O’Rourke
Dec 6, 2018
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How To Become A Cult Writer
The Critic Magazine
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How To Become A Cult Writer
Apr 1, 2022
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Lu Xun: What is Revolutionary Literature?
Literary Hub
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Lu Xun: What is Revolutionary Literature?
Sep 25, 2017
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A Fertile Contamination
Poets & Writers
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A Fertile Contamination
Aug 17, 2022
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The Art of Fiction No. 261
The Paris Review
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The Art of Fiction No. 261
Dec 5, 2023
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Mirror, Mirror: On the Nature of Literature
The Millions
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Mirror, Mirror: On the Nature of Literature
Mar 11, 2019
For all my writing, I am performing painful self-reflection and I would be grateful if my readers would do the same after reading my work. The post Mirror, Mirror: On the Nature of Literature appeared first on The Millions.
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Lessons Learned
The Writer
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Lessons Learned
Apr 29, 2023
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I’d Like to Thank the Academy
Creative Nonfiction
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I’d Like to Thank the Academy
Oct 15, 2021
Many of my students, and even some younger colleagues, think—assume—that creative nonfiction is just part of the literary ecosystem; it’s always been around, like fiction or poetry. In many ways, of course, they are right: the kind of writing that is
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On the Flourishing of Black Literary Arts, Old and New
Literary Hub
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On the Flourishing of Black Literary Arts, Old and New
Aug 17, 2020
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Commentary: Clinging To Old Classics Can Go Hand In Hand With Banning Books
Los Angeles Times
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Commentary: Clinging To Old Classics Can Go Hand In Hand With Banning Books
Oct 25, 2022
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“History Has, Until Very Recently, Focused Heavily On Western Europe”
BBC History Magazine
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“History Has, Until Very Recently, Focused Heavily On Western Europe”
Jul 9, 2020
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The Abundance, Joy, Beauty, Persistence, Power, and Potential of Independent Publishing
Poets & Writers
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The Abundance, Joy, Beauty, Persistence, Power, and Potential of Independent Publishing
Oct 7, 2020
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Trying to Figure Out Bruce Chatwin’s Unpublished Magnum Opus
Literary Hub
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Trying to Figure Out Bruce Chatwin’s Unpublished Magnum Opus
May 20, 2019
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