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    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.

    A Survey in Light: Mary Corse at LACMA

    Natasha Boyd reviews the Mary Corse exhibition "A Survey in Light" at LACMA, on display now until November 11, 2019.

    Frank O’Hara is Everywhere

    Sophia Stewart discovers quotidian magic in O'Hara's poetry.

    Full Circle: Freedom through Creative Community

    I met Stan Hunter on my first visit to a prison in January 2013. At the time, Stan had been …

    Writing Romance Novels as a Sacred Practice: An interview with Vanessa Zoltan

    Cailey Hall talks with Vanessa Zoltan about Romance and how to read works in genre with new appreciation.