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While these essays are personal in nature, they provide glimpses into the larger barriers — like doubt, fear and ambiguity — that keep journalists from telling the truth about rape.

Episode 17 of the Literary Corner radio program entitled “Introduction to Afro-American Essays with Sarah Fabio and Thomas Schick.” It begins with Professor Thomas Schick discussing the Afro-American ...

Selected Essays” by Leszek Kolakowski, translated by Agnieszka Kolakowska (Basic Books, 327 pages, $28.99) Leszek Kolakowski is likely the most important thinker you’ve never heard of.

The following essay is adapted from the introduction to "Best American Essays 2014," which will be published this week. Consider the appearance of the word in English—which is to say the ...