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Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

Polly Atkin Consider the Danger of Publishers Endorsing Quackery

By Polly Atkin | August 26, 2025

“Blood Moon,” a Prose Poem by Anne Waldman

“Blood Moon,” a Prose Poem by Anne Waldman

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By Anne Waldman | August 14, 2025

Literary Synchronicities: Jessica Francis Kane on Finding Coincidences While Writing

Literary Synchronicities: Jessica Francis Kane on Finding Coincidences While Writing

The Author of “Fonseca” on Penelope Fitzgerald, Hermione Lee, and Authorial Happenstance

By Jessica Francis Kane | August 12, 2025

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Mark Kriegel on Tyson’s Unstable Childhood, Lorna Mae, and the Fighter’s Historic Obsession

By Mark Kriegel | June 4, 2025

“The Bible as Literature,” a Poem by Amy Gerstler

“The Bible as Literature,” a Poem by Amy Gerstler

From the Collection “Is This My Final Form?”

By Amy Gerstler | April 4, 2025

“Intimacy” and “Endurance,” Two Poems by Maria Ferguson

“Intimacy” and “Endurance,” Two Poems by Maria Ferguson

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By Maria Ferguson | January 30, 2025

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