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“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

Kevin Boyle on the Wild Life and Times of a Great American Iconoclast

By Kevin Boyle | October 27, 2021

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Featuring W.G. Sebald, Billy Porter, Oscar Wilde, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2021

Terry Tempest Williams on the Loves (and Appetites) of the Great Jim Harrison

Terry Tempest Williams on the Loves (and Appetites) of the Great Jim Harrison

“He was kind and gracious and terrifyingly astute in all manner of his perceptions.”

By Terry Tempest Williams | October 26, 2021

Charlotte Cushman: Radical Feminist, Actress, Patron of the Arts

Charlotte Cushman: Radical Feminist, Actress, Patron of the Arts

Tana Wojczuk on the Leader of an Unlikely Group of Expats Called the “Jolly Bachelors”

By Tana Wojczuk | October 25, 2021

Why Samuel L. Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse College

Why Samuel L. Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse College

The Iconic Actor on His Time as Politically-Conscious Student at the Acclaimed HBCU

By Gavin Edwards | October 22, 2021

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Everyone Has to Start Somewhere

By Emily Temple | October 20, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s Roots Sparked a Cultural Awakening

By Wil Haygood | October 20, 2021

On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

By Dodie Bellamy | October 20, 2021

Rebecca Solnit on the Myriad Meanings of the Rose

By Rebecca Solnit | October 19, 2021

How Suzanne Valadon Reclaimed Her Image By Painting Herself Naked

How Suzanne Valadon Reclaimed Her Image By Painting Herself Naked

Jennifer Higgie on the Remarkable Life of a 19th-Century Model-Turned-Artist

By Jennifer Higgie | October 15, 2021

“You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

“You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

Carole Angier Considers How History Shaped Sebald as a Writer

By Carole Angier | October 14, 2021

The Unearthly Glamour of Swans: On the Origins of Truman Capote’s Unpublished, Scathing Roman à Clef

The Unearthly Glamour of Swans: On the Origins of Truman Capote’s Unpublished, Scathing Roman à Clef

Laurence Leamer Looks at Capote’s Fascination with Fabulously Rich Women

By Laurence Leamer | October 13, 2021

William Sites on Sun Ra’s Proto-Afrofuturism and Birmingham Upbringing

William Sites on Sun Ra’s Proto-Afrofuturism and Birmingham Upbringing

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | October 12, 2021

Why Did It Take Scientists So Long to Fully Understand Genetics and Mendel’s Laws?

Why Did It Take Scientists So Long to Fully Understand Genetics and Mendel’s Laws?

Howard Markel on the Complicated Process of Scientific Inquiry, DNA, and Heredity

By Howard Markel | October 8, 2021

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

This Week on the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | October 8, 2021

How the Word “Landscape” Helped Change Americans' Relationship to Nature

How the Word “Landscape” Helped Change Americans' Relationship to Nature

Tyler Green on the Emerson-Inspired Language Shift and Its Meaning for Wilderness and Civilization

By Tyler Green | October 7, 2021

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