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In Praise of the Greatest Book About Swimming Ever Written

In Praise of the Greatest Book About Swimming Ever Written

Daniel Shailer on Charles Sprawson’s Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

By Daniel Shailer | July 11, 2022

Changing the Conversation: Five Audiobooks By Authors With Disabilities

Changing the Conversation: Five Audiobooks By Authors With Disabilities

James Tate Hill Recommends Emily Maloney, Elsa Sjunneson, and More

By James Tate Hill | July 11, 2022

Ed Yong on How Animals Help Humans Develop Empathy

Ed Yong on How Animals Help Humans Develop Empathy

The Author of An Immense World in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 11, 2022

On the Personalization of Craft; Or, We’re All Going to Die Soon Anyway

On the Personalization of Craft; Or, We’re All Going to Die Soon Anyway

Diksha Basu Wonders What We Really Mean by “Writing Rules”

By Diksha Basu | July 11, 2022

Why Telling Effective Stories About the Environment Requires More Than Just Words

Why Telling Effective Stories About the Environment Requires More Than Just Words

Aviva Rahmani in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 11, 2022

Shelf Talkers: Booksellers From Porter Square Books Share Their Favorites

Shelf Talkers: Booksellers From Porter Square Books Share Their Favorites

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In Praise of Poet Voice

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Why America’s War on Schools is the Result of Fifty Years of Failed Federal Educational “Reforms”

By Keen On | July 11, 2022

“The System is Designed to Prohibit Change.” On Hollywood and Women’s Ambition and Complicity

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Executing Funny in Memoir with One of the Most Celebrated Cartoonists of Our Time

Executing Funny in Memoir with One of the Most Celebrated Cartoonists of Our Time

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By Memoir Nation | July 11, 2022

First As Tragedy Then As Farce: How the Soviet and American Invasions of Afghanistan Are Comparable

First As Tragedy Then As Farce: How the Soviet and American Invasions of Afghanistan Are Comparable

Elisabeth Leake in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Daniel Silva on How to Write a Bestselling Literary Spy Novel Every Year

Daniel Silva on How to Write a Bestselling Literary Spy Novel Every Year

In Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

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How Joel Kim Booster’s Rom-Com Engages with Literary History

By Jack Parlett | July 8, 2022

The End of Donald Trump, Green Tech, Apocalyptic Zombies: Should Americans Be Cheerful About the Future?

The End of Donald Trump, Green Tech, Apocalyptic Zombies: Should Americans Be Cheerful About the Future?

Daniel Drezner in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 8, 2022

The Art of the Hand-Sell: Booksellers Recommend... Beach Reads?

The Art of the Hand-Sell: Booksellers Recommend... Beach Reads?

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By Katie Yee | July 8, 2022

Repeat After Me: “I Am Not the Great American Novelist.”

Repeat After Me: “I Am Not the Great American Novelist.”

Michael Bourne on What It Really Means to Accept Failure

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