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PoliticsThe Colophon

Some thoughts about today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022

"If you are afraid of the ascendancy of fascism in this country – and you would be very foolish not to be right now – then you had better understand that the root issue here has to do with male supremacy and the control of women."

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 27: “Sin” by Cynthia Ozick

May 27, 2022June 14, 2022

The ninety-four-year-old author’s story, about art and failure, is charged with typically graceful and metaphorical language.

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Brief EncountersShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2021: Why read short stories?

April 30, 2021June 14, 2022

Stories require attention and concentration and often yield their meanings only over time, or in retrospect. But the best stories reward vigilance and repeated reading.

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CriticismThe Horror ShowWriters and Writing

Joyce Carol Oates on “the psyche’s deepest and most profound revelations”

October 18, 2020June 14, 2022

In a brief survey of some core Western texts, Oates asks the key question, why do we want to experience fear in an aesthetic context?

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31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 13: “The Pugilist at Rest” by Thom Jones

May 13, 2020June 14, 2022

Thom Jones’s most famous story is about one U.S. Marine before, during, and after deployment to Vietnam.

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Brief EncountersShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2020: Why stories?

April 30, 2020June 14, 2022

Short stories offer a different kind of pleasure from other forms of literature, a pleasure not curtailed by a story's relatively small size.

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