And When She Speaks: On ‘Fire Season’

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Krow manages to write a novel that is both apocalyptic and optimistic.
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Moving Power: Huck Finn, James Madison, and the Currents of History

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Counterfactuals are a tricky business in law and in literature.
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The Evolving Comedy of George Saunders

Language itself is the source and the object of Saunders's humor.

How to Bear Witness

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What a gift it is to share your life with another person, and part of that gift is bearing witness.
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English in the Real World

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Bryan A. Garner is here to update us on changes in how people speak and write in real life.
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On the Gift of Longhand

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When you write with a fountain pen, you experience writing as a truly physical activity.
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Music that Moves: Bob Dylan and ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’

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Space, simplicity, freedom: these are the principles Dylan returns to throughout the book.
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An Artist’s Discipline: On ‘They’re Going to Love You’

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'They're Going to Love You' is Meg Howrey's second work of fiction set in the ballet world.
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What Kind of Angel: On Percy Shelley

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Shelley saw himself as a conduit for the electricity of the universe.
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Minor Aesthetics: On Helen DeWitt’s ‘The English Understand Wool’

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The story that 'The English Understand Wool' tells is a DeWittian distillate.
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A Guide to Making Art as a Parent

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How does one piece together an artistic practice amid motherhood?
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