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These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here

Culture, Literature, Criticism, Fiction

Intellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections

Criticism, essays, etc.

literature & culture

Novels, novellas, etc.

Essays on contemporary arts & letters by Alice Gribbin

Faith, culture, and free expression

Commentary on politics and culture

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A newsletter and podcast about the writers and public intellectuals who either are key players in the American intellectual scene or who typify an important aspect of it.

Speculative Fiction | Criticism | Belles lettres | Philosophy