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Moments in the Hunger

…battle against Resolution 108 would have meant losing legal safeguards that kept these already ravaged nations from dissolving altogether. Alongside Thomas, the novel’s other driving force is Patrice Paranteau, a…

This Cult of Niceness

careers, their creative endeavors, and the precarious dynamics of their personal lives. Fiction writer Lucinda shuffles sudden responsibilities as a new grandmother with her professional ambitions. Plein air painter Jane…

Siblings in Exile

From school shootings to toddlers in cages, our historical moment can feel like a Grimm’s fairy tale. It’s no surprise, then, that our leading novelists have often couched their work…

“Born Under the Sign Of”

…making fists, the other typing full sentences and sometimes we face opposite ways, like opponents in a duel. When they marqueed you on the sonogram screen, when they said, as…

Don’t Let This Turn You Mean

…his congregation one last time, Asher begs them to reject harsh, soul-warping judgment and cynicism. When a video of his emotional speech goes viral, Asher’s wife gains a decisive weapon…

No Child Left Behind

…of “reading” can companionably exist. After all, Greg Heffley’s diaries first enjoyed tremendous success when posted serially on the web. Can the Internet, contrary to what many people believe, routinely…

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