Nathan Kalman-Lamb reviews the HBO documentary "Student Athlete" and the unfair dynamic between payment and promise in college athletics.
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Between Leisure and Labor: Talking to Mónica de la Torre
Mónica de la Torre talks with Andy Fitch about the multilingualism in her poetry, its theatrical influences, and chairs.
How to Play Russian Roulette
Philip Kitcher tells a tale of fate selection and the Democratic Primary.
Ducks, Summer
Alexandra Marraccini goes on a Twitter journey with "Ducks, Newburyport," Lucy Ellmann's ambitious 998-page single-sentence novel.
The Magic of Byrd Baylor’s Literary Odes to Nature
Monica Uszerowicz rereads Byrd Baylor's tranquil children's novel "The Other Way to Listen."
A Liberation Day Protest Raises the Question: How Anti-Japanese Is Korea, Really?
"Some stress that the target of this anger isn't the Japanese people, and isn't even the nation of Japan per se, but Abe in particular."
A Case for Reparations for Heirs of the Victims of Lynching
Gordon Marino makes a common-sense, serious case for reparations to be paid to descendants of lynching victims.
