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20th century

I know why the caged bird cannot read

by Francine Prose,

How American high school students learn to loathe literature

by JoAnn Wypijewski,

For Matthew Shepard’s killers, what does it take to pass as a man?

by Cynthia Huntington, Heather McHugh, Paul Muldoon, Charles Simic,

Five poets dine out on verse

Art by Jenny Scobel,

Art by Jenny Scobel,

by Vladimir Nabokov,

by Edward W. Said,

by Harper’s Staff,

Art by Paul Chan,

by Timothy Leary,