• Craft and Criticism

    The History of Literature

    There Were British Spy Novels Before James Bond

    By History of Literature  September 26, 2022
    Keen On

    Why the Chinese Economic Bubble Might Never Pop

    By Keen On  September 26, 2022
    Keen On

    Plagues and Their Aftermath: Why Recovering From Covid is Really “Up to Us”

    By Keen On  September 26, 2022
    Keen On

    How Much Sympathy Should We Have for the Children of Privilege Who Have Lost Their Way in Life?

    By Keen On  September 26, 2022
    First Draft

    Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 26, 2022
    Keen On

    Is There Really a Science of Belonging That Can Help Us Create Connection and Bridge Divides?

    By Keen On  September 26, 2022
    The Craft of Writing

    Stacey D’Erasmo on the Fun of Writing Cryptic Characters

    By Stacey D'Erasmo  September 23, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  September 23, 2022
    Criticism

    Mario Vargas Llosa on Retrospective, a Novel of Never-Ending War That Resists Easy Answers

    By Mario Vargas Llosa  September 23, 2022
    Keen On

    How the Upcoming Brazilian Presidential Election is a Referendum on Racism, Misogyny, and Military Rule

    By Keen On  September 23, 2022
    Punk

    Read These If You Aren’t A Poseur: Books That Embody The Punk Ethos

    By Tea Hacic-Vlahovic  September 23, 2022
    Keen On

    How American Shipyard Workers Might Offer Us Lessons on How to Reunite the Country

    By Keen On  September 23, 2022
    The Literary Life

    Jonathan Escoffery on How Nella Larsen’s Helga Crane Influenced His Debut Collection

    By The Literary Life  September 23, 2022
    New Music USA

    Who Gets to Compose?

    By New Music USA  September 22, 2022
    News and Culture

    Not Just Lyrics and Melodies: How Producers Conceive of Music

    By Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas  September 22, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Andrew Sean Greer is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  September 22, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Yiyun Li on Complicated Friendships Real and Imagined

    By Fiction Non Fiction  September 22, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Dr. Mark Epstein on the Zen of Therapy

    By Book Dreams  September 22, 2022
    Just the Right Book

    While the Monarchy Will Not End, It Will Shrink Nevertheless

    By Just the Right Book   September 22, 2022
    Keen On

    Why China’s “New Kind” of Modern Surveillance Government Might Not Be Quite as Chilling as it Appears

    By Keen On  September 22, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Bobby Finger Always Wanted to Tell the Story of The People He Left Behind

    By The Maris Review  September 22, 2022
    Keen On

    Covid Isn’t Over and Won’t Be Until We Fix Some of America’s Fundamental Social and Cultural Problems

    By Keen On  September 22, 2022
    Reading Lists

    5 Books Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  September 22, 2022
    Reading Lists

    The Ultimate Fall 2022 Books Preview

    By Emily Temple  September 21, 2022
    Artists

    How Truman Capote and Andy Warhol’s Complex Friendship Marked Them Both

    By Blake Gopnik and Rob Roth  September 21, 2022
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