How Most People Do Indeed Live Their Real, Most Interesting Lives Under the Cover of Secrecy

How Most People Do Indeed Live Their Real, Most Interesting Lives Under the Cover of Secrecy

William Boyd in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 10, 2022

Why We Should Read About the Soviet Past In Order to Understand Ukraine Now

Why We Should Read About the Soviet Past In Order to Understand Ukraine Now

Sofi Oksanen Recommends Books With an Eastern European Perspective

By Sofi Oksanen | March 9, 2022

What Makes a Great Opening Line?

What Makes a Great Opening Line?

Allegra Hyde Considers Love at First Sentence

By Allegra Hyde | March 9, 2022

The Power—and Necessity—of Reading Dangerously

The Power—and Necessity—of Reading Dangerously

Azar Nafisi on Engaging with Opposition

By Azar Nafisi | March 9, 2022

How Trees Helped Ben Okri To Write His New Children’s Book

How Trees Helped Ben Okri To Write His New Children’s Book

“As the story grew, I felt the need for nature.”

By Ben Okri | March 9, 2022

How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

Tara Isabella Burton on the Combination of Isolation, Vulnerability, and Hunger for Knowledge

By Tara Isabella Burton | March 9, 2022

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What a Scan of Vladimir Putin’s Power-Addled Brain Might Tell Us

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Sexism Wants Women to Think We’re Stupid—and We Believe It

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Why Putin’s Ukraine Invasion and George W. Bush’s Iraq Invasion Are Both Oil Wars

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Endnotes on Experimentation: Sheila Heti, Alexander Chee, and More Voices from <em>Thresholds</em>

Endnotes on Experimentation: Sheila Heti, Alexander Chee, and More Voices from Thresholds

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How Rumi Became a Poet

How Rumi Became a Poet

Haleh Liza Gafori on Rumi's Formative Friendship with Shams

By Haleh Liza Gafori | March 9, 2022

Jennifer Sciubba on Why Demography Isn’t Destiny

Jennifer Sciubba on Why Demography Isn’t Destiny

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 9, 2022

Kevin Barry on <em>Flowers in the Attic</em>, <em>2666</em>, and <em>The Talented Mr. Ripley</em>

Kevin Barry on Flowers in the Attic, 2666, and The Talented Mr. Ripley

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of That Old Country Music

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It turns out Drake has very good taste in books.

It turns out Drake has very good taste in books.

By Katie Yee | March 8, 2022

How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

Kate Tsurkan Reports from Chernivtsi

By Kate Tsurkan | March 8, 2022

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Amanda Pellegrino on Writing for TV Versus Writing a Novel

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Amanda Pellegrino on Writing for TV Versus Writing a Novel

"Writing a TV show is a team sport from day one."

By Amanda Pellegrino | March 8, 2022

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