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In Celebration of Laurie Colwin’s Lost Manhattan

In Celebration of Laurie Colwin’s Lost Manhattan

Bethanne Patrick on a World of Simple Pleasures and Great Kitchens

By Bethanne Patrick | September 13, 2021

Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Alan Jacobs on Getting an Education in Possibility From the Ancients

By Alan Jacobs | September 13, 2021

Mike Palindrome Chooses the Top 10 Literary Centuries

Mike Palindrome Chooses the Top 10 Literary Centuries

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 13, 2021

“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

Samuel Moyn Considers Prince Andrei, Carl von Clausewitz, and the Rules of War

By Samuel Moyn | September 10, 2021

Maggie Nelson on Criticism, Intentionality, and Pain

Maggie Nelson on Criticism, Intentionality, and Pain

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 9, 2021

7 Novels For Living Out Your Cottagecore Fantasies

7 Novels For Living Out Your Cottagecore Fantasies

Lillie Vale’s Coziest Houses in Fiction

By Lillie Vale | September 9, 2021

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Following the Paths of the Wild-Walking Women of the Past, from Nan Shepherd to Georgia O’Keeffe

By Annabel Abbs | September 9, 2021

Writing Black Essays in White People’s Houses

By Jill Louise Busby | September 9, 2021

Read It and Weep: Margaret Atwood on the Intimidating, Haunting Intellect of Simone de Beauvoir

By Margaret Atwood | September 8, 2021

Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

“Writing is spooky. You’re colonizing another’s brain for as long as it takes for them to read your work.”

By Rebecca Makkai | September 8, 2021

Alexandra Kleeman on the Artificial Boundary Between the Natural and Man-Made

Alexandra Kleeman on the Artificial Boundary Between the Natural and Man-Made

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 8, 2021

Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting <em>The Merchant of Venice</em> with My 10-Year-Old Son

Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting The Merchant of Venice with My 10-Year-Old Son

Dara Horn on Hearing Shakespeare's Antisemitism with Fresh Ears

By Dara Horn | September 8, 2021

The In-Between World: On the Mythology of <em>The Famished Road</em> and the Literary Scaffolding of Ben Okri

The In-Between World: On the Mythology of The Famished Road and the Literary Scaffolding of Ben Okri

Vanessa Guignery Considers the Author's Blurring of Boundaries

By Vanessa Guignery | September 8, 2021

Crystal Wilkinson on Finding Community Among Affrilachian Poets

Crystal Wilkinson on Finding Community Among Affrilachian Poets

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 8, 2021

Brigette Benkeman on Dora Maar, Surrealist Photographer and Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”

Brigette Benkeman on Dora Maar, Surrealist Photographer and Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | September 7, 2021

Hilma Wolitzer on the Catharsis of Writing Through Grief

Hilma Wolitzer on the Catharsis of Writing Through Grief

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Today a Women Went Mad in the Supermarket

By Jane Ciabattari | September 7, 2021

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