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Derek Walcott had many New Yorks, and all of them played a part in his life and in his evolution as a writer. But perhaps the...

The 2020 Booker Prize Longlist has been announced! This year’s longlist is comprised of 13 novels that span the globe, ranging from established authors like Hilary Mantel to debuts from...

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Ah, the line edit: one of the least favorite duties of any writer. As off-putting as it may be, the line edit is, nevertheless, the point...

Am I being reductive? All of narrative fiction, I’ve suggested, can be sorted into four grand categories. Each presents a rich world of feeling in which...

Ah, the 1980s. New Wave, post-punk, huge hair, the brat pack. Dancing next to Grace Jones at AREA, eating at The Empire Diner at 4 a.m.,...

Before the stay-at-home orders came down in Baltimore, the last thing I did in person was participate in a panel conversation about—ironically—“art and the apocalypse.” In...

On this day 154 years ago, the world gave us Beatrix Potter, who in turn gave the world The Tales of Peter Rabbit in 1901. Beatrix’s...

People emigrate for different reasons. Sometimes to find employment; sometimes to escape a war-torn motherland. But in the end, the bigger purpose is to save what’s...