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Álvaro Enrigue’s New Novel Reimagines Colonization as an Epic Tennis Match

02.08.16

By Lee Klein
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Read an Excerpt from Álvaro Enrigue’s Novel ‘Sudden Death,’ About Empires, Mexico, and Featherwork

02.01.16

By Álvaro Enrigue
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‘Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist’ Is a Gutsy Protest Novel for Right Now

01.28.16

By Noa Jones
Entertainment

Read an Excerpt from Jakob Wassermann’s Searing Novel ‘My Marriage’

01.26.16

By Jakob Wassermann
Entertainment

Read an Excerpt from Samantha Hunt’s Novel ‘Mr. Splitfoot’

01.05.16

By Samantha Hunt
Entertainment

2015 Was the Year the Literary Versus Genre War Ended

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By Lincoln Michel
Drugs

Read This Story About an HIV-Positive Drug Dealer in South Africa

12.25.15

By Masande Ntshanga
Entertainment

André Alexis Has Written the Best Novel About Talking Dogs and Existential Crisis You’ll Read This Year

12.15.15

By Jesse Ruddock
Entertainment

Barry Gifford Is America’s Offbeat Dostoevsky

12.04.15

By J. W. McCormack
Travel

Does Beautiful War Photography Sanitize the Reality of Combat?

12.02.15

By Chloé Cooper Jones
My Time as an Artist at the Center of the Insane Financial Industry Boom

11.24.15

By Molly Crabapple
Entertainment

Author Ottessa Moshfegh on Phoniness, Power, and Aligning Yourself with ‘Rich White People’

11.23.15

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Before releasing ‘American Idiot’, Green Day had nearly finished an album titled ‘Cigarettes and Valentine’ that was stolen and scrapped.

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Music

Green Day’s Super Bowl Performance Was an Explosive (And Censored) Rock Show

Green Day performed a medley of hits at the Super Bowl, including “Holiday”, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, and “American Idiot”.

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Gaming

Leak: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake Will Not Appear At Rumored February State of Play

New leaks suggest Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake is skipping the rumored Sony February State of Play, but that a reveal is not far off.

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