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Revisionism Revised

by Robert Wilson | Tuesday, September 03, 2019
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Looking Back

by Robert Wilson | Monday, June 03, 2019
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Trials

by Robert Wilson | Monday, March 04, 2019
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Illegals

by Robert Wilson | Monday, December 03, 2018
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Speech

by Robert Wilson | Tuesday, September 04, 2018
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Encounters

by Robert Wilson | Monday, June 04, 2018
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Precedents

by Robert Wilson | Monday, March 05, 2018
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Playing Chicken

by Robert Wilson | Monday, December 04, 2017
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Monuments to What?

by Robert Wilson | Tuesday, September 05, 2017
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Breach of Faith

by Robert Wilson | Monday, June 05, 2017
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One Hundred Best American Novels

by David Handlin

The first of November doesn’t only herald a season of fall leaves, football, and Thanksgiving feasting. It’s also the start of National Novel Writing Month, when writers across the country take to their desks—or coffeeshop tables, couches, and bars—to try to pen a 50,000-word novel by the end of the month. Not feeling the writerly inspiration yet? Take a peek at David Handlin’s roundup of the 100 best American novels. It just might inspire you to write the 101st.