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Taking Refuge in How: On Toni Morrison’s First Three Novels
Morrison does not leap from one kind of story to something radically different. Her voice shines through from the beginning. Her books all bear the marks of her imagination, style, and insight.
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Plunging Into the Infinite: How Literature Captures the Essence of Chess
Fiction has the unparalleled ability to grant us insight into a character's psyche. It is therefore uniquely qualified to explore the nature of chess itself.
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The Mathematical Poet: Exploring Edgar Allan Poe’s Logical Imagination
In “The Philosophy of Composition," Poe is critiquing Poe with the objectivity of a scientist studying a specimen under a microscope.
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At the Firing Squad: The Radical Works of a Young Dostoevsky
In the eyes of most literary circles, Dostoevsky was just a one-hit wonder.
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