Fiction

"When the Rain Stops": a Short Story by Bryan Washington

By Bryan Washington

Why It’s Healthy to Cry Over TV Shows

By Amanda MacMillan

Lincoln in the Bardo Explores the Mind of a Mourning Abraham Lincoln

By Nate Hopper

Review: Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama

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Claude McKay (1889–1948) has long been considered one of the great authors of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote novels such as Home to Harlem (1928) and Banana Bottom (1933) as well as poetry, memoirs and...

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In her new novel The Wonder, Emma Donoghue (Room) again tells the story of a woman struggling to protect a vulnerable child. Anna O’Donnell is a Catholic girl in 1850s Ireland who has not eaten...

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Surveillance in the Movies: Fact vs. Fiction

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Lessons From My Husband Michael Hastings

His first novel, a satire of the media, will be published next week. Here’s what the late former war correspondent would make of the coverage of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl—the most important story of his career.

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Lindsay Lohan Recalls the Time She Had Sex With James Franco

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The Man Who Loved Music Too Much

Richard Powers' story of a composer who dabbles in DNA

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