What parents and teachers are getting wrong about childhood reading preferences.

What parents and teachers are getting wrong about childhood reading preferences.

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Highlights (and lowlights) from Lucy Ellmann’s bizarre Twitter “essay” about crap.

Highlights (and lowlights) from Lucy Ellmann’s bizarre Twitter “essay” about crap.

By Jonny Diamond | July 6, 2021

Stop calling JD Vance an “author”—he’s a corporatist grifter.

Stop calling JD Vance an “author”—he’s a corporatist grifter.

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What <em>Lord of the Flies</em> got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

What Lord of the Flies got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2021

Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall heroically cancels himself.

Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall heroically cancels himself.

By Jonny Diamond | June 25, 2021

On the destruction by fire of the greatest library in the world you’ve never heard of.

On the destruction by fire of the greatest library in the world you’ve never heard of.

By Jonny Diamond | June 24, 2021

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A close reading of Margaret Atwood’s sexy cicada poem.

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