Without a secret identity, is a superhero really a superhero? Obviously, the answer is yes. Nowadays there are lots of heroes who don’t bother hiding…
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How to Find the Writing Coach You Need
Do you have a great idea for a book but you’re not sure what to do with it? Have you ever started writing a book…
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B-List Bonanza: The Samwell Hockey Team
All right, friends. We’ve covered a lot of ground since we started this journey into second-tier comic heroes from lesser-known members of the galaxy, spanning…
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#SuperheroProblems: So Your Family Isn’t Dead After All
As Ben Franklin said, the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Of course, if you’re a superhero, you really only have to worry…
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#SuperheroProblems: So Your Gods Have Turned Against You
Being a superhero is cool enough, but being a superhero and a god? How sweet is that? You get awesome powers, unbeatable weapons, and eternal…
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Feminize Your Canon: Forough Farrokhzad
Our column Feminize Your Canon explores the lives of underrated and underread female authors. Read Forough Farrokhzad’s poems “After You” and “Window” in our Summer 2020…
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The Art of Distance No. 33
In March, The Paris Review launched The Art of Distance, a newsletter highlighting unlocked archive pieces that resonate with the staff of the magazine, quarantine-appropriate writing on the Daily, resources…
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On Doulas
Still from Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” In 2016, Erykah Badu performed at Chene Park, now called the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre, a beautiful, outdoor waterfront venue…
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Staff Picks: Rats, Rereaders, and Radio Towers
Jenny Erpenbeck. Photo: Nina Subin. The subtitle of Not a Novel, by the German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, is A Memoir in Pieces, but I think…
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Doireann Ní Ghríofa. Photo: Bríd O’Donavan. “To spend such long periods facing the texts of the past can be dizzying,” writes Doireann Ní Ghríofa toward…
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