Students dread the application essay. Critics think it's an exercise in fakery. Here’s why it’s worth preserving — and how to ...

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Amitav Ghosh’s merits are too many to tabulate, but it will not be impetuous to say that what he does best is write a story. While reading ‘Wild Fictions’, a collection of his essays from the past ...

I like to break my books up into the smallest possible units. “Writing Tools” set the standard: 50 chapters at about 1,000 words per chapter. (Total: 50,000-plus words.) Let’s do the math again: 200 ...

Sophie Gilbert discusses how the industry defined womanhood, sex, and power.

In his first book, UCR Professor of Philosophy Barry Lam broaches widespread criminalization and argues to return ...

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.

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